Impact of socioeconomic status and medical conditions on health and healthcare utilization among aging Ghanaians

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dc.contributor.authorSaeed, B.I.
dc.contributor.authorXicang, Z.
dc.contributor.authorYawsonA, A.E.
dc.contributor.authorNguah, S.B.
dc.contributor.authorNsowah-Nuamah, N.N.N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-30T12:28:14Z
dc.date.available2017-10-30T12:28:14Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractBackground: This study attempts to examine the impact of socioeconomic and medical conditions in health and healthcare utilization among older adults in Ghana. Five separate models with varying input variables were estimated for each response variable. Methods: Data (Wave 1 data) were drawn from the World Health Organization Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE) conducted during 2007-2008 and included a total of 4770 respondents aged 50+ and 803 aged 18-49 in Ghana. Ordered logits was estimated for self-rated health, and binary logits for functional limitation and healthcare utilization. Results: Our results show that the study provides enough grounds for further research on the interplay between socioeconomic and medical conditions on one hand and the health of the aged on the other. Controlling for socioeconomic status substantially contributes significantly to utilization. Also, aged women experience worse health than men, as shown by functioning assessment, self-rated health, chronic conditions and functional limitations. Women have higher rates of healthcare utilization, as shown by significantly higher rates of hospitalization and outpatient encounters. Conclusion: Expansion of the national health insurance scheme to cover the entire older population- for those in both formal and informal employments- is likely to garner increased access and improved health states for the older population. © 2015 Saeed et al.; licensee BioMed Central.en_US
dc.identifier.issn14712458
dc.identifier.other10.1186/s12889-015-1603-y
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/22322
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Central Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectAged Ghanaiansen_US
dc.subjectFunctioning assessmenten_US
dc.subjectHealthcare utilizationen_US
dc.subjectSocioeconomic statusen_US
dc.subjectSubjective healthen_US
dc.titleImpact of socioeconomic status and medical conditions on health and healthcare utilization among aging Ghanaiansen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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