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dc.contributor.authorSuominen-Taipale, AL
dc.contributor.authorMartelin, T
dc.contributor.authorKoskinen, S
dc.contributor.authorHolmen, Jostein
dc.contributor.authorJohnsen, Roar
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-11T11:17:48Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-22T11:47:55Z
dc.date.available2015-09-11T11:17:48Z
dc.date.available2015-09-22T11:47:55Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier.citationBMC Health Services Research 2006, 6(110)nb_NO
dc.identifier.issn1472-6963
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11250/301179
dc.description.abstractBackground: The aim of the study was to examine gender differences in the self-reported use of health care services by the elderly in rural and metropolitan areas of two Nordic countries with slightly different health care systems: Finland and Norway. Methods: Population based, cross-sectional surveys conducted in Nord-Tröndelag Norway (1995–97) and in rural and metropolitan areas of Finland (1997) were employed. In the Norwegian data, a total of 7,919 individuals, aged 65–74 years old were included, and the Finnish data included 1,500 individuals. The outcome variables comprised whether participants had visited a general practitioner or a specialist, or had received hospital care or physiotherapy during the past 12 months. Gender differences in the use of health care services were analysed by multiple logistic regression, controlling for health status and socio-demographic characteristics. Results: In Norway, elderly women visited a specialist or were hospitalised less often than men. In Finland, elderly women used all health care services except hospital care more often than men. In Norway, less frequent use of specialist care by women was not associated with self-reported health or chronic diseases. Conclusion: The findings revealed differences in self-reported use of secondary care among different genders in areas of Norway and Finland.nb_NO
dc.language.isoengnb_NO
dc.publisherBioMed Centralnb_NO
dc.titleGender differences in health care use among the elderly population in areas of Norway and Finland. A cross-sectional analysis based on the HUNT study and the FINRISK Senior Surveynb_NO
dc.typeJournal articlenb_NO
dc.typePeer revieweden_GB
dc.date.updated2015-09-11T11:17:48Z
dc.source.volume6nb_NO
dc.source.journalBMC Health Services Researchnb_NO
dc.source.issue110nb_NO
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1472-6963-6-110
dc.identifier.cristin375309
dc.description.localcode© 2006 Suominen-Taipale et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.nb_NO


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