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436078

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-7-16
pubmed:abstractText
Comprehensive data on all pscyhiatric patients in Saskatchewan show that women are substantially higher users of health services for psychiatric problems than are men. Women: 1) use up to twice as many services as men in the private sector, but use almost the same number of public sector services; 2) tend to be treated for psychosomatic and neurotic disorders on an outpatient basis; 3) have only a slightly greater chance than men of being hospitalized; and 4) are less likely than men to have organic or addictive diagnoses. These differentials in utilization cannot be explained by age, diagnoses and/or marital status. Sex is the best predictor of utilization. These results are largely consistent with utilization and epidemiological literature. It seems more likely that these sex differences in utilization result from the interaction of biology, sex roles, and the functioning and labelling processes of the health system rather than from any single factor. Combining Andersen's components of health behaviour with Freidson's lay-professional construction of illness continuum yields a possible framework for understanding sex differences in the utilization of psychiatric health services.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0706-7437
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
19-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
Sex differences in the utilization of health services for psychiatric problems in Saskatchewan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study