Gender and health care utilization: The role of mental distress and help-seeking propensity

Time trends in 20 years of medication use in older adults: Findings from three elderly cohorts in Stockholm, Sweden

“…45 Previous research also suggests that women report poorer self-assessed health, in particular overall physical health. In contradiction, Koopmans and Lamers 46 did not find gender to be related to an increased utilization of health care, even if women had higher levels of specialized health care utilization due to somatic morbidity and mental distress.…”

Chronic Insomnia and Health Care Utilization in Young Adults

“…Since women outnumbered men in both groups, it is not likely that the gender difference made an impact on group differences of HCU. However, since women have been found to have greater HCU than men (Koopmans & Lamers, 2007) this imbalance may have inflated the overall HCU of the sample. Gender differences were not comparisons of interest for the current study but are important investigations for future studies especially since insomnia is more common in women than men.…”

Abandonment of nicotine dependence treatment: A cohort study

“…24 There are some other important factors that hinder smoking cessation, which the female gender presents with greater intensity: they have more mood disorders, more marked withdrawal syndromes and slower nicotine metabolism; and their weight gain through cessation is more distressing. [24][25][26] Added to this, there is the fact that abandonment was also more prevalent among the participants who were employed. Since males formed the largest workforce and income groups in this population, it is possible that professional commitments were hindering their attendance at the scheduled appointments.…”