NWIn (Netzwerk Inanspruchnahme gesundheitsbezogener Leistungen in Deutschland/Health Care Utilization in Germany): Summary of the Results-Chapter
Janßen, C.; Kowalski, C. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2013 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1
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Zusammenfassung
First Birgit Babitsch and Cornela Bormann give an overview on gender and health care use. Picking up one, if not the key explanatory factor from a medical sociology viewpoint, Jens Klein, Kerstin Hofreuter-Gätgens, and Olaf von dem Knesebeck systematically review the associations of socioeconomic status and health care utilization in Germany. The review indicate that the strongest inequalities exist in the area of prevention, in that the lower the social status, the less people utilize prevention or early detection programs. Subsequently, Cristina Carmen Ciupitu-Plath, Daniela Gohl, and Birgit Babitsch give an o…