Hoai Nguyen Trong, Dang Thang
a School of Economics , University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) , Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam.
Soc Work Health Care. 2017 Apr;56(4):260-282. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2016.1265632. Epub 2017 Jan 23.
This study examines the primary determinants of self-medications among urban citizens in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam using survey data. Employing logistic models, the article finds that the probability of self-medication is positively associated with the respondents' high school degree or vocational certificate, married status, and income while it is negatively related to employed status, the number of children, the geographical distance from home to the nearest hospital, doing exercise, and living in a central region. Meanwhile, using Poisson models the article finds that the frequency of self-medication is positively associated with the respondents' high school and vocational, married, income, and chronic disease while the frequency of self-medication is adversely related to male, employed, children number, distance, being close to health professional and central areas.
本研究利用调查数据，考察了越南胡志明市城市居民自我药疗的主要决定因素。通过逻辑模型，文章发现自我药疗的概率与受访者的高中学历或职业证书、婚姻状况和收入呈正相关，而与就业状况、子女数量、从家到最近医院的地理距离、锻炼情况以及居住在市中心地区呈负相关。同时，通过泊松模型，文章发现自我药疗的频率与受访者的高中及职业学历、婚姻状况、收入和慢性病呈正相关，而自我药疗的频率与男性、就业、子女数量、距离、靠近医疗专业人员和市中心地区呈负相关。
