Analysis of factors involved in preventive medical appointments. Case of Bogota, Colombia 2014

 

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Autores: Pardo Ruiz, Ricardo José, Chaparro Escobar, Nelson Arturo
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2017
Descripción:Objective: Analyze factors involved in preventive medical appointments attendance in Bogota year 2014. Methods: two models were adjusted under GEE using a Bernoulli link function with independent and exchangeable correlation structures for preventive medical appointments attendance. Results: Income and socioeconomic stratum increase probability of preventive appointments attendance: Odds ratio of attendance and not attendance is at least 1,5 times higher in stratum 2 or higher households. Also, for every $100.000 additional pesos in monthly household income the reason increases by 1%. Household members which head reached an educational level higher than primary have an odds ratio of attendance and not attendance up to 2,3 times higher. Conclusions: Results are similar to Grossman (1972) and Kenkel (1990) nevertheless, individual educational level, presence in household of elder people or children and even presence of spouse are not related with preventive medical appointments attendance.
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/27841
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/27841
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Palabra clave:Preventive Medicine
Longitudinal Analysis
Household Surveys
Colombia
medicina preventiva
análisis longitudinal
encuestas de hogares
Colombia.