TY - JOUR
T1 - Health for all? Patterns and predictors of allied health service use in Australia
AU - Foster, Michele
AU - O'Flaherty, Martin
AU - Haynes, Michele
AU - Mitchell, Geoffrey
AU - Haines, Terrence Peter
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - To examine patterns and predictors of allied health service use among the Australian population. Methods Data from the 2007-08 longitudinal National Health Survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Australia were used to examine differences in use of allied health services among the population. The survey is based on 15779 adult respondents. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to model the probability of visiting an allied health service contingent on multiple factors of interest. Results Men, less educated people and people from non-English speaking backgrounds were low users compared with other groups. Interestingly, people with type 2 diabetes were substantially higher users compared with people with other chronic diseases, or no reported chronic disease, and ancillary health insurance had a strong positive effect on use.
AB - To examine patterns and predictors of allied health service use among the Australian population. Methods Data from the 2007-08 longitudinal National Health Survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in Australia were used to examine differences in use of allied health services among the population. The survey is based on 15779 adult respondents. Multivariate logistic regression models were used to model the probability of visiting an allied health service contingent on multiple factors of interest. Results Men, less educated people and people from non-English speaking backgrounds were low users compared with other groups. Interestingly, people with type 2 diabetes were substantially higher users compared with people with other chronic diseases, or no reported chronic disease, and ancillary health insurance had a strong positive effect on use.
UR - http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=AH12040.pdf
U2 - 10.1071/AH12040
DO - 10.1071/AH12040
M3 - Article
VL - 37
SP - 389
EP - 396
JO - Australian Health Review
JF - Australian Health Review
SN - 0156-5788
IS - 3
ER -