Morris Evan, Rosenbluth David, Scott Doug, Livingstone Trish, Lix Lisa, McNutt Mary, Watson Felecia
EcoTech Research Ltd., Regina, SK.
Can J Public Health. 2005 May-Jun;96(3):201-5. doi: 10.1007/BF03403691.
It is well known that individuals receiving social assistance have more health problems than those with higher incomes. In this paper, we estimate the proportion of social assistance recipients who were on welfare following a drop in health status.
The study population consisted of Saskatchewan adults who had been continuously off social assistance for 12 consecutive months followed by 6 months on social assistance. Health status was measured by the use of physician services. We examined changes in physician service rates during the 18-month period.
Forty-nine percent of individuals in the study population had increases in the number of physician services over the 18-month period. For these individuals, 53% of the increase in service use occurred during the 12 months prior to receiving social assistance.
Deteriorating health, as measured by increased physician service use, seems to be one factor that precedes many people's receipt of welfare. A focus on improving health status may be one way to keep people off welfare.
众所周知，接受社会援助的人比高收入者有更多的健康问题。在本文中，我们估计了因健康状况下降而接受福利救济的社会援助接受者的比例。
研究人群包括连续12个月未接受社会援助，随后接受6个月社会援助的萨斯喀彻温省成年人。通过使用医生服务来衡量健康状况。我们研究了18个月期间医生服务率的变化。
研究人群中49%的人在18个月期间医生服务次数增加。对于这些人来说，服务使用增加的53%发生在接受社会援助前的12个月内。
以医生服务使用增加衡量的健康状况恶化似乎是许多人接受福利救济之前的一个因素。关注改善健康状况可能是使人们不依赖福利的一种方式。
