The full text of this article is available as a downloadable pdf file in the output of a Google search on "American Journal of Public Health Lasser".
It appeared in AJPH for July 2006; the principal author is Karen Lasser of Harvard University.
Brian Lynch
Brian M. Lynch, M. Sc., Ph. D. [Melbourne], FCIC
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Subject: [SDOH] Study: Health and health care use in Canada and the United States
Thursday, August 3, 2006
Study: Health and health care use in Canada and the United States
2003
Americans in the lowest income groups are much more likely than their
Canadian counterparts to be in fair or poor health, according to a study
comparing health status and access to health care services between the two
nations.
The study was based on the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health, a
unique population health survey conducted jointly by Statistics Canada and
the US National Center for Health Statistics of the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention between November 2002 and June 2003.
The study, published recently in the journal Health Affairs, found that
almost one-third (31%) of Americans with the lowest incomes reported fair
or poor health, compared with 23% among their Canadian counterparts.
At the other end of the income spectrum, there were no differences in
health status between Canadians and Americans in the highest income group.
In terms of access to health care services, the situation for Canadians was
more like that of insured Americans. Canadians and insured affluent
Americans were similar regarding their access to physicians, including
access to a regular medical doctor. However, Canadians experienced fewer
unmet health care needs overall.
Results from the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health were first
released in The Daily on June 2, 2004.
Definitions, data sources and methods: survey number 5020.
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