https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/478297
標題: | Social determinants of emergency utilization associated with patterns of care | 作者: | Chi M.-J. Wu S.-C. DING-CHENG CHAN CHIEN-CHANG LEE |
公開日期: | 2009 | 卷: | 93 | 期: | 2-3 | 起(迄)頁: | 137-142 | 來源出版物: | Health Policy | 摘要: | Purpose: To investigate the emergency room (ER) utilization among disabled Taiwanese older adults with different patterns of care arrangement. Method: A national probability sample of 13,957 disabled older adults (aged 50 and above) was recruited. Individual interview data and National Health Insurance administrative data were used to examine the effects of care arrangements on ER utilization 1 year after the baseline interview. Results: One-third (33.5%) of the subjects used emergency room at least once in the follow-up year. The ER utilization rates among individuals living in institutions, in home with foreigner worker, in home with informal caregiver, and in home without caregiver, were 34.5%, 43%, 32.5% and 25% respectively. After controlling for other predisposing, enabling, need factors, and healthcare services use with multivariate logistic regression model, comparing with subjects staying home with informal caregivers, those who were institutionalized were less likely to use ER services during the study year (OR = 0.64, 95%CI = 0.54-0.76), those who staying home cared by foreigner worker were more likely to use ER services (OR = 1.16, 95%CI = 1.05-1.29), and those who staying home without caregiver were less likely to use ER services (OR = 0.89, 95%CI = 0.78-1.01). Conclusions: Disabled older adults staying at home were more likely to use ER compared to institutionalized individuals. More research is needed to identify the unmet healthcare needs and the quality of home care that may explain the high ER utilization rate. ? 2009 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/478297 | ISSN: | 0168-8510 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.07.005 | SDG/關鍵字: | adult; aged; article; caregiver; disabled person; elderly care; emergency ward; female; health care need; health care quality; health care utilization; health service; home care; human; institutional care; interview; major clinical study; male; multivariate logistic regression analysis; probability sample; Taiwan; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Disabled Persons; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Humans; Interviews as Topic; Male; Middle Aged; Taiwan |
顯示於: | 醫學院附設醫院 (臺大醫院) |
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