| The quality of care and influence of double health care coverage in Catalonia (Spain). | |
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PMID: 10952636 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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AIMS: To analyse inequalities by social class in children's access to and utilisation of health services in Catalonia (Spain), private health insurance coverage, and certain aspects of the quality of care received. DESIGN: Cross sectional study using data from the 1994 Catalan Health Interview Survey. SETTING: Child population of Catalonia. PARTICIPANTS: A representative sample of non-institutionalised children younger than 15 years (n = 2433). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Health services utilisation, perceived health, type of health insurance (only National Health System (NHS) or both NHS and private health insurance), and social class. RESULTS: No inequalities by social class were found for the utilisation of health care services provided by the NHS among children in most need. Double health care coverage does not influence the social pattern of visits. Nevertheless, social inequalities still remain in the use of those health services provided only partially by the NHS (dentist) and when characteristics of the last consultation are taken into account. That is, subjects who paid for a private service waited an average of 14.8 minutes less than those whose visit was paid for by the NHS only. CONCLUSION: Equitable access and use of medical care services in relation to need, regardless of the type of insurance and social class of their children and families, has been achieved in this region of Spain; differences by social class remain for those services incompletely covered by national health insurance and aspects of the quality of care provided. |
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Authors:
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L Rajmil; C Borrell; B Starfield; E Fernandez; V Serra; A Schiaffino; A Segura |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Archives of disease in childhood Volume: 83 ISSN: 1468-2044 ISO Abbreviation: Arch. Dis. Child. Publication Date: 2000 Sep |
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Created Date: 2000-09-13 Completed Date: 2000-09-13 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372434 Medline TA: Arch Dis Child Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 211-4 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Institut Universitari de Salut Pública de Catalunya, Campus de Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Ctra Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 L'Hospitalet (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain. lrajmil@bellvitge.bvg.ub.es |
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Adolescent Child Child Health Services / standards*, statistics & numerical data Child, Preschool Deductibles and Coinsurance Delivery of Health Care Female Health Services Needs and Demand / utilization* Humans Male National Health Programs / organization & administration Quality of Health Care / organization & administration*, statistics & numerical data Socioeconomic Factors Spain / epidemiology |
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