The Utilization of Outpatient Health Services among the Elderlies in Yazd in 2018
Journal Title: مجله راهبردهای مدیریت در نظام سلامت - Year 2019, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: Aging population is one of the most important demographic phenomena associated with increasing costs and demand for health services. Hence, planning and utilizing health services is a very important concern for the elderly as well as the politicians. The purpose of this study was to determine the status of utilization of outpatient health services among the elderlies of Yazd in 2018. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 300 elderly people in Yazd. The participants were selected using stratified sampling method. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire with 37 questions, which included three sections of demographic information, household characteristics, and health care utilization status. To analyze the data, SPSS 20, chi-square test tests, and logistic regression at a significant level of 0.05 were applied. Results: The frequently visited places by patients to receive the outpatient services were specialist physicians' offices (34.0 %) and the most common cause to receive the outpatient services was cardiovascular diseases (34.0 %). Women (59.9 %) more than men and housewives (61.4 %) more than other people benefited from outpatient services. The average cost paid for the outpatient services was 500,000 Rials and 53.2 % of the elderly spent less than this amount. Factors affecting utilization of outpatient services included marriage, complementary insurance, education, specific illness, and household size. Conclusion: Cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of utilizing the outpatient services, which leads to an increase in the demand for outpatient health services. The utilization of these services is also affected by factors such as marital status, complementary insurance, education, specific illness, and household size. Therefore, proper planning is essential in this regard.
Authors and Affiliations
Mohammad Ali Morowatisharifabad, Mohsen Pakdaman, Parisa Emadi
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP490056
- DOI 10.18502/mshsj.v3i4.511
- Views 90
- Downloads 0
Ranking of the Causes of Medication Errors in the Viewpoints of Nurses in Selected Hospitals Affiliated With Yazd University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Background: The occurrence of drug mistakes leads to serious health problems and threatens patient safety. It increases the mortality rates and hospital costs. The purpose of this study was rankings the Causes of Medicat...
Students’ Approaches to Learning and its Relationship with their Academic Engagement and Qualitative Performance
Background: Students’ approaches to learning are vary from surface to deep approaches. These differences may be related to students’ perceptions from subject or educational environment, their prior academic experiences o...
Social Marketing in Health-related Settings with an Emphasis on the Role of Knowledge Brokers
The role of the knowledge brokers as a human component has shown that by increasing human communication, there is a probability of changing behavior in the knowledge interpreters. The familiarity of knowledge brokers in...
Identifying the Succession Dimensions and Formulating the Health Network Managers' Selection Components
Background: Management transport occurs in organizational hierarchy commonly; so, succession planning is of a great importance. In this regard, identification of the effective methods for succession planning leads to org...
The Relationship between Organizational Culture and Employees’ Creativity in Qazvin City Hospitals
Background: Employee’s creativity has a critical role in hospitals productivity. Numerous individual and organizational factors influence employee’s creativity. This study aimed to examine the relationship between organi...