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Subjective Health Feeling and Health Care Utilization Among Nigerian Elderly

Funmi Togonu-Bickersteth, Ph.D.

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ife, Ile-Ife, Nigeria

SECONDARY ANALYSIS of data to measure relationship between perceived health status and reported health care utilization among 145 Nigerian males 50 years and older.

Results show an inverse relationship between perceived health status and health care utilization: individuals who perceive their health negatively paid more visits to the doctors than those who view their health positively. Age, income or stoicism appear to have no influence on this relationship between subjective health feelings and health care utiliza tion.

The Journal of the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health, Vol. 105, No. 4, 125-126 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/146642408510500406
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