Factors affecting the use of physician services in a rural community.

Abstract:

:This paper examines the relative importance of various independent variables for predicting five separate measures of physician utilization in a rural community. The independent variables include socioeconomic, demographic, attitudinal, and health status factors. The results are comparable to those of national studies which find that health status is the primary determinant of utilization. Income, price measures, and travel time are notable for their relative unimportance in this rural area. This suggests that resources are more likely to be allocated on the basis of medical need within a given health care market than across a number of market areas.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

Luft HS,Hershey JC,Morrell J

doi

10.2105/ajph.66.9.865

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1976-09-01 00:00:00

pages

865-71

issue

9

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

66

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