Ross D A, Vaughan J P
Stud Fam Plann. 1986 Mar-Apr;17(2):78-94.
This review covers cross-sectional health interview surveys in which respondents were asked about their recent illness and their use of preventive and curative health services. Country survey results differed widely, for both morbidity prevalence estimates and health services utilization, reflecting major methodological differences as well as any true differences that may exist between the population groups studied. Comparison of morbidity and utilization rates is thus thwarted by the absence of standardization in survey methodology, methods of analysis, and the classification of results. A lack of theoretical studies upon which to base methodology choices combined with a general lack of rigor in applying the methodologies chosen has limited the interpretation of many surveys carried out to date. The review concludes with a series of specific recommendations for improving the survey methodology of future health interview surveys in less developed countries.
本综述涵盖了横断面健康访谈调查，在这些调查中，受访者被问及他们最近的疾病以及他们对预防性和治疗性健康服务的使用情况。各国的调查结果在发病率患病率估计和卫生服务利用方面差异很大，这反映了主要的方法学差异以及所研究人群组之间可能存在的任何实际差异。因此，由于调查方法、分析方法和结果分类缺乏标准化，发病率和利用率的比较受到阻碍。缺乏可供方法选择依据的理论研究，再加上在应用所选方法时普遍缺乏严谨性，限制了对迄今为止进行的许多调查的解释。综述最后提出了一系列具体建议，以改进欠发达国家未来健康访谈调查的方法。
