Διερεύνηση της ισότητας στη χρήση υπηρεσιών υγείας: η περίπτωση της περιφέρειας πρωτευούσης

Abstract

This doctoral thesis focuses on the measurement of the equality in the use of health services, in Athens area of Greece, according to horizontal aspect “equal use for equal need”. Whether the use of primary and secondary health services are based on health needs or socio-economic characteristics. The specific objectives are: i) to validate the Greek version of SF-36 Health Survey questionnaire, which is widely used in health services research to record functional health status and general health perceptions (the area of health-related quality of life, HROoL) and it is used as a proxy variable of health need, ii) to determine the demographic and socio-economic and health factors that affect health measured by SF-36 and iii) to investigate the demographic, socio-economic and health need factors that determine: the use of primary and secondary health services and the use of public versus private health sector.