Rittner B, Kirk A B
School of Social Work, State University of New York at Buffalo 14260-1050, USA.
Soc Work. 1995 May;40(3):365-73.
This study presents survey data on low-income elderly people who attended daytime meal programs. The survey examined sociocultural and quality of life variables as they affected use of health care and transportation services. Most of the respondents self-reported their health status as poor or very poor, and more than half had no medical care during the preceding six months despite the presence of multiple physical symptoms. Social isolation from family or neighborhood support systems exacerbated problems with transportation, and most of the elderly people relied on public transportation to gain access to health services. Public transportation services posed additional barriers to health care use, among them fear.
本研究展示了关于参加日间饮食计划的低收入老年人的调查数据。该调查考察了社会文化和生活质量变量对医疗保健和交通服务使用情况的影响。大多数受访者自我报告其健康状况为差或非常差，并且超过半数的人在过去六个月中尽管有多种身体症状但仍未接受医疗护理。与家庭或邻里支持系统的社会隔离加剧了交通问题，并且大多数老年人依靠公共交通去获得医疗服务。公共交通服务给医疗保健的使用造成了额外障碍，其中包括恐惧。
