Marie Herr|Jean-Jacques Arvieu|Philippe Aegerter|Jean-Marie Robine|Joël Ankri
Unmet health care needs of older people: prevalence and predictors in a French cross-sectional survey
Aging and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches|Aging and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches|Center for Research in Medicine, Science, Health, Mental Health and Society|Aging and Chronic Diseases Epidemiological and Public Health Approaches
unmet health care needs associated negative health outcomes yet paucity data problem among older peopleto identify unmet health care needs associated factors among older people francethis crosssectional population study people aged 70 years older 2350 respondents interviewed 200810 standardized interview nurse examined health problems functional abilities use health care resources unmet health care needs defined situations participant needed health care receive itthe mean age 832 74 years almost participants reporting chronic disease 986 consulted physician previous 6 months unmet health care needs found 230 sample mainly consisted lack dental care prevalence 177 followed lack management visual hearing impairments prevalence 44 31 respectively age main factor associated unmet health care needs compared people aged 7079 odds ratio8089 years 226 170303 odds ratio90 years 385 271545 associated factors regular smoking homebound status poor socioeconomic conditions depression limitations instrumental activities daily living low medical densityunmet health care needs affect almost onequarter older people france efforts made improve oral health develop home care especially oldestolds