Traditionally, the theory driving discussions on the high cost of health care in the United States has been that there is enormous waste in the system, taking the form of excess utilization of care.
However, macro-indicators at the system level only capture capacity, funding and utilization of care and not the actual allocation of financial and human resources, the quality of care and access to it.
This study aims to test a referral letter and Dental Information Guide (DIG) designed using the Common-Sense Model of Self-Regulation (CSM) framework to improve caregivers' illness perception of dental caries and increase utilization of care by children with restorative dental needs.
SID involves alteration in utilization of care due to the shifting of the demand curve.
Insurance has been reported in previous literature to facilitate access and utilization of care.
The resulting increase in utilization of care caused over-crowding in public health facilities.
The reason is that the regression controlled for patient characteristics that can affect the utilization of care.
In these regions, preventative health care is almost non-existent, public service accessibility is limited, and geographic isolation prevents utilization of care even by those families with resources.
Under inducement, utilization of care by the patient changes because the physician uses his/her influence to shift the demand curve to the right.
Thus the study compares the demand curve for health care (hence utilization of care) of patients in public with that of those in private hospitals during an episode of mild malaria.
Bowlby, L, Cho, AH, Cunningham, NT, Greenblatt, L, Ross, AK, Sendak, M, and Zipkin, DA. "A NEEDS-BASED RESIDENT CLINIC REDESIGN RESULTS IN IMPROVED PATIENT UTILIZATION OF CARE AND INCREASED RESIDENT SATISFACTION". Meeting of the Society-of-General-Internal-Medicine (SGIM).
