Gender Differences in Healthcare Utilization

Autor(en)

Heide Glaesmer, Elmar Brähler, Alexandra Martin, Ricarda Mewes, Winfried Rief

Abstrakt

To evaluate the mediating effect of utilization propensity (UP) on gender differences in healthcare utilization (HCU), a representative sample of the German general population (N=2,510) was assessed with questionnaires. Gender differences in HCU, UP, and the mediating effect of UP were investigated using regression analyses. UP was significantly associated with HCU. The explanatory power of gender for UP, and of UP for HCU was prevailingly weak. UP had a mediating effect on gender differences in HCU, but the effect was very small. This is partly attributable to common problems in the prediction of behavior by attitudes and the operationalization of UP.

Organisation(en)

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Leipzig, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Philipps Universität Marburg

Journal

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Band

42

Seiten

1266-1279

Anzahl der Seiten

14

ISSN

0021-9029

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00888.x

Publikationsdatum

05-2012

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

501010 Klinische Psychologie

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Social Psychology

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/b74caa96-6b91-46df-9464-684af242c83c