Differences in the Potential Accessibility of Home-Based Healthcare Services among Different Groups of Older Adults: A Case from Shaanxi Province, China
With the increase of the aging population and the lack of family care, home-based healthcare services have gradually become the main model to cope with aging, so local governments have invested heavily in the construction of home-based healthcare services. However, healthcare services still have pro...
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| author | Lijian Wang Xiaodong Di Liu Yang Xiuliang Dai |
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| description | With the increase of the aging population and the lack of family care, home-based healthcare services have gradually become the main model to cope with aging, so local governments have invested heavily in the construction of home-based healthcare services. However, healthcare services still have problems such as low resource utilization and imbalanced development. The reason is that the supply and demand of healthcare services are not matched and the potential accessibility is low. Therefore, based on the supply and demand of healthcare services, this article pulls out the spatial and social factors that affect the potential accessibility, and tests the influence of individual factors on the potential accessibility among different groups of older adults. It is found that the perceived vulnerability of the older adults will reduce the potential accessibility of healthcare services. The psychosocial status, income and education level with the willingness to use healthcare services of the older adults are directly proportional, while residence has a negative impact on the potential accessibility. Finally, based on this finding, this article puts forward feasible suggestions from the perspective of policy content, publicity, and implementation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-928bea1e93f9478cbaf9496f22c04f802023-11-20T19:27:51ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322020-11-018445210.3390/healthcare8040452Differences in the Potential Accessibility of Home-Based Healthcare Services among Different Groups of Older Adults: A Case from Shaanxi Province, ChinaLijian Wang0Xiaodong Di1Liu Yang2Xiuliang Dai3School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, ChinaSchool of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, ChinaWith the increase of the aging population and the lack of family care, home-based healthcare services have gradually become the main model to cope with aging, so local governments have invested heavily in the construction of home-based healthcare services. However, healthcare services still have problems such as low resource utilization and imbalanced development. The reason is that the supply and demand of healthcare services are not matched and the potential accessibility is low. Therefore, based on the supply and demand of healthcare services, this article pulls out the spatial and social factors that affect the potential accessibility, and tests the influence of individual factors on the potential accessibility among different groups of older adults. It is found that the perceived vulnerability of the older adults will reduce the potential accessibility of healthcare services. The psychosocial status, income and education level with the willingness to use healthcare services of the older adults are directly proportional, while residence has a negative impact on the potential accessibility. Finally, based on this finding, this article puts forward feasible suggestions from the perspective of policy content, publicity, and implementation.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/452potential accessibilityhealthcare serviceperceived vulnerabilitydifference analysis |
| spellingShingle | Lijian Wang Xiaodong Di Liu Yang Xiuliang Dai Differences in the Potential Accessibility of Home-Based Healthcare Services among Different Groups of Older Adults: A Case from Shaanxi Province, China Healthcare potential accessibility healthcare service perceived vulnerability difference analysis |
| title | Differences in the Potential Accessibility of Home-Based Healthcare Services among Different Groups of Older Adults: A Case from Shaanxi Province, China |
| title_full | Differences in the Potential Accessibility of Home-Based Healthcare Services among Different Groups of Older Adults: A Case from Shaanxi Province, China |
| title_fullStr | Differences in the Potential Accessibility of Home-Based Healthcare Services among Different Groups of Older Adults: A Case from Shaanxi Province, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences in the Potential Accessibility of Home-Based Healthcare Services among Different Groups of Older Adults: A Case from Shaanxi Province, China |
| title_short | Differences in the Potential Accessibility of Home-Based Healthcare Services among Different Groups of Older Adults: A Case from Shaanxi Province, China |
| title_sort | differences in the potential accessibility of home based healthcare services among different groups of older adults a case from shaanxi province china |
| topic | potential accessibility healthcare service perceived vulnerability difference analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/4/452 |
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