Significant Differences in Elderly Health between Urban and Rural Communities: A Literature Review

Imaiso, Junko

doi:10.4236/health.2019.115048

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“…This suggests that there is a tendency for healthcare services to be pro-intellectualized, given the generally low level of education in rural China. In rural areas, people with a good level of education have a more correct understanding of inpatient care, as well as preventive healthcare services, and can promote their use of these services (40). Firstly, there are significant urban-rural differences in the impact of formal support on the utilization of healthcare services for older people.…”

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Urban-Rural Differences: The Impact of Social Support on the Use of Multiple Healthcare Services for Older People

Zhang

Han

2022

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundThere are many kinds of chronic diseases, high incidence and high hospitalization rate in older people caused by population aging. The increasing demand for healthcare services has become an increasingly prominent problem in Chinese society. The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of social support on multiple healthcare services for older people and the urban-rural differences among them.MethodsThe data are from our field survey in Shaanxi province in 2019. Using the Anderson model as the basic explanatory framework, this paper uses the Tobit-model to analyses the impact of social support for older people on the utilization of therapeutic healthcare services, and the Logit-model to analyze the impact of living arrangements and social support on the utilization of preventive healthcare services for older people.ResultsThis paper examines the impact of formal and informal support on outpatient, inpatient, and preventive healthcare services for older people, provides an in-depth analysis of the differences in the impact of social support on healthcare service utilization between urban and rural older people and analyses the contribution of various factors to the impact. The coefficient effect is divided into two parts: the coefficient “premium” of urban older people relative to urban and rural older people as a whole, which accounts for 10.8% of the total difference; and the “premium” of urban and rural older people as a whole to rural older people, which accounts for 18.9% of the total difference. The coefficient effect accounts for 29.7 per cent of the total difference.ConclusionsRural older people place greater importance on the quantity of formal social support, while urban older people place greater importance on the quality of formal social support. The phenomenon of raising children for old age was evident in the use of healthcare services by rural older people, while the phenomenon of distant relatives being better than close neighbors was evident in the use of healthcare services by urban older people. Free preventive healthcare services in rural China have largely compensated for the lack of health benefits for rural older people.

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Urban-Rural Differences: The Impact of Social Support on the Use of Multiple Healthcare Services for Older People

Zhang

Han

2022

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“…The result indicates that urban elderly were expected to lose healthy years of life due to short-term morbidity in comparison to rural counterparts. The role of rural-urban settings in determining the health status of the elderly is varied across studies [20]. Currently unmarried elderly were less likely to report short-term morbidity at the follow-up, and evidence for such an association is weak in the literature.…”

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Healthy aging in India: evidence from a panel study

Irshad¹,

Dash²

2021

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PurposeRecent public health policy emphasizes the achievement of healthy aging as average life expectancy increases worldwide. Evidence for healthy aging from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is limited. The purpose of this paper is to assess the prospects of healthy aging and its associated factors in the Indian context.Design/methodology/approachThe study was based on a national-level panel survey, the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS) conducted in 2004-05 and 2011-12. The analytical sample consists of 10,218 elderly individuals who were 60 years old and above at the baseline. Change in health status was assessed based on disability and disease incidence at the follow-up. A generalized estimating equation (GEE) model was performed to assess health status change.FindingsIncreasing age was a risk factor for all dimensions of health outcomes. Elderly from the lowest wealth quintiles were more likely to lose health due to short-term morbidity, whereas the highest wealth quintiles were more likely to lose health due to long-term and multi-morbidity, indicating evidence for the presence of the “disease of affluence”. Social capital, such as living in a joint family acted as a protective factor against health risks.Originality/valueWith the results showing the evidence of the “disease of affluence” and “disease of poverty” in different health outcomes, there should be a health policy focus that copes with undergoing epidemiological transition. It is also important to pay attention to health-protecting factors such as social and familial support to achieve healthy aging.

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“…It has been suggested that focusing on differences in environment between rural and urban communities as one of the characteristics of residential community, social function and mental health or depression of elderly individuals might be more important as outcome measures of effective integrated communitybased care [3]. However, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) around 2020 has influenced the health and the daily life of residential people in a community through social distance.…”

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Comparison of Community Health between Rural and Urban Areas in View of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspective through a Literature Review

Imaiso¹

2023

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The progressive aging of society is expected to lead to the development of effective integrated community-based care system considering the characteristics based on community environments. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced population health worldwide. This study aimed to examine disparities in population health and health-related factors between rural and urban communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. A literature search was conducted using PubMed, Medline, and CINAHL for articles published up to September 2022 with the following search terms: community health, rural, urban, and COVID-19. A total of 105 articles were identified, of which three articles with a cross-sectional quantitative research design met the inclusion criteria. Two articles focused on mental health, and among them, one recognized a significant disparity between rural and urban areas. Four health-related factors in view of the COVID-19 pandemic in rural and urban areas were perceived, including knowledge, behavior, lifestyle, and social support. And, two factors: health-related knowledge and health-related behavior, were perceived as the significant disparities between rural and urban during the COVID-19 pandemic. The further efforts will be needed to pursue effective integrated community-based care system during and post-COVID-19, taking into account community environment at both community and individual levels.

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Significant Differences in Elderly Health between Urban and Rural Communities: A Literature Review

Cited by 5 publications

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Urban-Rural Differences: The Impact of Social Support on the Use of Multiple Healthcare Services for Older People

Urban-Rural Differences: The Impact of Social Support on the Use of Multiple Healthcare Services for Older People

Healthy aging in India: evidence from a panel study

Comparison of Community Health between Rural and Urban Areas in View of the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspective through a Literature Review

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