Analysis of factors involved in preventive medical appointments. Case of Bogota, Colombia 2014
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| Médium: | artículo original |
| Stav: | Versión publicada |
| Datum vydání: | 2017 |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Země: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Instituce: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Jazyk: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/27841 |
| On-line přístup: | https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/27841 |
| Klíčové slovo: | Preventive Medicine Longitudinal Analysis Household Surveys Colombia medicina preventiva análisis longitudinal encuestas de hogares Colombia. |