Canadian Public Policy
Volume 38, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 573-589

Utilization of general practitioners: A comparison of immigrant and non-immigrant older Canadians (Article)

Latif E.* , Miles S.
  • a Department of Economics, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada
  • b Department of Economics, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada

Abstract

This paper uses data from the Canadian National Population Health Survey to compare the utilization of general practitioners by elderly immigrants to that of Canadian-born elderly people. The study employs count data regression methods to take into account that the number of visits to general practitioners is a non-negative integer variable. The study estimates models using the overall sample as well as subsamples of males and females separately. The results suggest that there is no significant difference between elderly immigrants and Canadian-born seniors in their utilization of general practitioners.

Author Keywords

Econometrics immigrants Elderly Canadian-born GP utilization

Index Keywords

Canada health geography immigrant population elderly population regression analysis health services service provision econometrics model test elderly care model validation
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84872575649&doi=10.3138%2fCPP.38.4.573&partnerID=40&md5=4da46a7318f5473690ebaea37a2d7846
DOI: 10.3138/CPP.38.4.573
ISSN: 03170861
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English