The Application of a Health Service Utilization Model to a Low Income, Ethnically Diverse Sample of Women
Description:
A model for health care utilization was applied to a sample of low income women. Demographic Predisposing, Psychosocial Predisposing, Illness Level, and Enabling indicators were examined separately for African American (n = 266), Anglo American (n = 200), and Mexican American (n = 210) women. Structural Equation Modeling revealed that for African American and Anglo American women, Illness Level, the only significant path to Utilization, had a mediating effect on Psychosocial Predisposing indica…
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Date:
August 2000
Creator:
Keenan, Lisa A.
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UNT Libraries