The Importance of Sense of Community on People's Perceptions of Their Health-Care Experiences

OBJECTIVES: The authors study the relationship between people's sense of community and problems they experience with the health-care system, specifically problems related to cost, access, provider choice, and satisfaction. METHODS: Data from a 1993 Florida poll (n = 1202) was used to conduct a multinomial logit analysis to estimate people's sense of community as a function of 13 characteristics and perceptions of community. Logit analysis was used to estimate the relationship between people's sense of community and their health-care experiences, controlling for other demographic influences, including insurance coverage and self-reported health status. RESULTS: Lower sense of community was significantly associated with higher levels of choice, cost, and satisfaction problems in people's interactions with the health-care sector. CONCLUSIONS: Community quality needs to be considered in efforts to improve the functional capabilities of health-care institutions

Community health · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Logistic regression · Logit · Multinomial logistic regression · Ordered logit · Perception · Public health · Sense of community · Community Health and Development · Computer Science · Health Policy Implementation Science · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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