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Socioeconomic distribution of health and health care utilization in a new town in Hong Kong, China.

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Yu, Tak Sun Ignatius Wong, Tze Wai
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	OBJECTIVES To assess the association of socioeconomic indicators with various chronic and acute illnesses and the utilization of public health care in a new town in Hong Kong, China. METHODS Illness experience and socioeconomic and demographic data of 7570 residents from 2022 randomly selected households were collected through telephone interviews. The relationships between socioeconomic indicators and illnesses/choice of health care were explored using stepwise logistic regressions after adjusting for sex and age. RESULTS Significant positive associations were noted between low household income and diabetes mellitus, any chronic illnesses among adults and flu among younger subjects; low educational level and accident-related illness among adults; being born in Chinese mainland and flu, any acute illness in adults. For the utilization of public health care, low household income was the most consistent risk factor. CONCLUSION This study did not demonstrate a unidirectional socioeconomic gradient in health but supported the hypothesis that socioeconomic deprivation was associated with the utilization of public health care.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
PubMed reference number	15386950
Journal	Medline
Volume Number	17
Issue Number	2
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.besjournal.com/freeArticles/pastIssues/2004/No2/200701/P02007011069963084282661200417213758.pdf
Journal	Biomedical and environmental sciences : BES
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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