Monitoring Health Status, Access to Health Care, and Compliance Behavior in a Large Urban Community
A Report from the Los Angeles Health Survey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9097002 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alfred C Marcus (UCLA Health, corresponding author), Leo G Reeder (UCLA Health), Lawrence A Jordan, Teresa Seeman (0000-0001-8583-4239, Berkeley Public Health Division), Teresa E Seeman |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 253-265 |
| Publication date | 1980-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/00005650-198003000-00001 |
| PMID | 6892716 |
| OpenAlex | W2035172579 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 10 |
This article summarizes results from 2 health surveys conducted in Los Angeles County in 1974 and 1977. The original objective of this analysis was to identify aggregate changes in the health status of this population, in access as measured by the use/disability ratio, and in self-reported compliance with medical regimens. Additionally, we have suggested that this study illustrates the value of local population surveys for health policy--particularly in regard to recent Health Systems Agencies legislation. Substantial correspondence was found between the health status characteristics of both samples and national estimates, particularly for the prevalence of chronic illness. We also found a 3-year trend of increasing disability that is consisted with national data. However, unlike the national estimates, we found evidence of improved access relative to disability, and a corresponding reduction in the traditional income differential. Analysis of self-reported compliance showed little change over time, with Anglos and the middle and upper socioeconomic groups reporting less compliance with their doctors' recommendations
Compliance (psychology) · Environmental health · Health care · Legislation · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Healthcare Policy and Management · Medicine · Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare · Psychology · Psychology of Social Influence · Gerontology
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Health status indices and access to medical care
Sex, illness, and medical care
Sex differentials in morbidity and mortality in the United States
Economic and Noneconomic Barriers to the Use of Needed Medical Services
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Socioeconomic Status and Use of Physician Services Revisited
Physiologic, Psychological and Demographic Factors in Patient Compliance with Doctors?? Orders
Health and Social Factors Related to Life Satisfaction
Age and the Measurement of Mental Health
Females and Illness
| Citations per year | 0.22 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1981 - 1987 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |