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Predictors of Health Care and Social Service Utilization and Perceived Need Among the Disabled Elderly in Canada

The world has experienced a tremendous growth in its elderly population. With the aging of the population, policy makers are concerned about the health of these elderly as well as their utilization of health care and social services and perceived need for additional services. The Canadian elderly population is similar to other elderly populations in that a few tend to be the heaviest users of the available services. The predictors of this utilization behavior and perceived need primarily include need variables, such as the number of limitations of daily living -- both ADLs and IADLs, and functional limitations. In addition, enabling variables, such as income, work activity and geographic region of residence were also found to be significant.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc500776
Date08 1900
CreatorsDietz, Tracy L.
ContributorsEve, Susan Brown, Joyner, Al., Ingman, Stanley R.
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatv, 98 leaves : ill., Text
CoverageCanada
RightsPublic, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved., Dietz, Tracy L.

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