Elien Colman1, Sarah Missinne2, Piet Bracke2. 1. HeDeRa (Health and Demographic Research), Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: Elien.Colman@Ugent.be. 2. HeDeRa (Health and Demographic Research), Department of Sociology, Ghent University, Korte Meer 5, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: We scrutinize the health care use of divorcees, in order to explain why users of mental health care have a higher risk of perceiving an unmet need. We hypothesize that a perception of low helpfulness of received care heightens the risk of perceiving an unmet need and becoming a less frequent health care user. METHODS: Three subsamples from the Divorce in Flanders survey are selected: those who contacted a general practitioner (n=816), a psychiatrist (n=205), or a psychologist (n=251) because of social or emotional problems. Logistic regressions are used in order to explore the correlates of subjective unmet need and the frequency of contact with a health care provider among each subsample. RESULTS: show that patients who perceived that care was not helpful more often reported an unmet need and made less frequent use of health care. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that people are less inclined to seek further help when they perceive previous help as being ineffective.
OBJECTIVES: We scrutinize the health care use of divorcees, in order to explain why users of mental health care have a higher risk of perceiving an unmet need. We hypothesize that a perception of low helpfulness of received care heightens the risk of perceiving an unmet need and becoming a less frequent health care user. METHODS: Three subsamples from the Divorce in Flanders survey are selected: those who contacted a general practitioner (n=816), a psychiatrist (n=205), or a psychologist (n=251) because of social or emotional problems. Logistic regressions are used in order to explore the correlates of subjective unmet need and the frequency of contact with a health care provider among each subsample. RESULTS: show that patients who perceived that care was not helpful more often reported an unmet need and made less frequent use of health care. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that people are less inclined to seek further help when they perceive previous help as being ineffective.
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