Family Resources and Children's Use of Primary Health Care Services in Finland in 1979.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Jg. 18 (1990-12-01), Heft 4, S. 241-247
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The purpose of the study was to determine how children's use of primary health care services was related to family resources (socio-economic status, marital and residential stability of the family, and core/periphery dichotomy). The population consisted of a random sample of 3201 children from 15 municipalities in the province of Uudenmaan Iääni in Southern Finland in 1979. Among two-parent families in the core regions total utilization of primary health care services was significantly higher among the children of workers and upper white-collar employees. Children of farmers and lower white-collar employees in the periphery exhibited low primary health care utilization. Children in upper white-collar employees' families (both two-and one-parent) in core regions frequently used private services. Among children of one-parent families, exceptionally high users of private services were children of upper white-collar mothers in core regions, and of municipal health services the children of working-class mothers in the periphery. Non-migrated children had a slight tendency to use health services more than migrated children. Differences in family resources thus cannot be ignored when children's utilization of primary health care services is studied. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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Family Resources and Children's Use of Primary Health Care Services in Finland in 1979.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Vuorinen, Heikki S. |
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Zeitschrift: | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Jg. 18 (1990-12-01), Heft 4, S. 241-247 |
Veröffentlichung: | 1990 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1403-4948 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1177/140349489001800402 |
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