Supply and Demand-Related Decisive Factors in the Utilization of Non-Medical Community Healthcare Services among Elderly Chinese

Zhao Yu, Lijian Wang and Tolulope Ariyo
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Zhao Yu: School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
Lijian Wang: School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China
Tolulope Ariyo: School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi’an Jiaotong University, No 28 Xianning West Road, Xi’an 710049, Shaanxi, China

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 18, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: There is little research on the utilization of non-medical community healthcare services among the elderly, compared with that of medical community healthcare services. From the perspective of both supply and demand, based on the survey data from Shaanxi province, this study examined supply-related factors (including service supply, service quality, service charge and service accessibility) and demand-related factors (including service need, individual financial status, family care support and knowledge of service) affecting the utilization of non-medical community healthcare services among the elderly in China by using Poisson regression. The findings show that service supply, service quality, service need and knowledge of service are positively associated with the utilization of non-medical community healthcare services among elderly Chinese, but the other factors identified in previous studies are not significant predictors for the utilization of the services among the elderly in the context of China. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine both supply-related factors and demand-related factors affecting the utilization of non-medical community healthcare services among elderly Chinese.

Keywords: non-medical community healthcare service; healthcare service utilization; supply -related factors; demand-related factors; elderly population; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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