Determinants and differences of health status between geographic regions in Costa

 

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Autores: Morera Salas, Melvin, Aparicio Llanos, Amada, Barber Pérez, Patricia, Xirinachs Salazar, Yanira, Hernández Villafuerte, Karla, Vargas Brenes, Juan Rafael
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2009
Descripción:The aim of this work is to study the determinants of self rated health between geographic regions in Costa Rica. The National Health Survey 2006 is used (ENSA 2006) to consider the relations between socioeconomic variables and the state of health by ordered probit model. Results show that after controlling by age, sex, socioeconomic characteristics, necessity of health and life styles, there are differences of health status between individuals of the Costa Rican regions. Do not exist differences between men and women in the health status, the prolonged formal education is positively related with a better health status, life styles considered detrimental for health are not related to bad health status, to suffer a chronic disease has negative effects and to live in pair has positive effects on the health status.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/1093
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/1093
Palabra clave:health status
needs and demands of health services
health inequalities
estado de salud
necesidades y demandas de servicios de salud
desigualdades en salud