PDF Handout of Slides - AcademyHealth
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• Gender<br />
• Marital status<br />
• # children<br />
• Rural or farm origin<br />
• Educational attainment<br />
• Length <strong>of</strong> relationship<br />
with usual provider <strong>of</strong><br />
care<br />
• SF-12<br />
Physical<br />
Mental<br />
Control variables<br />
• Health insurance<br />
• # prescription meds taken<br />
regularly<br />
• Common conditions<br />
Asthma<br />
Cancer<br />
Diabetes<br />
IBS<br />
Heart disease<br />
Stroke<br />
Hypertension<br />
Joint problems<br />
Analysis<br />
• Multinomial logistic regression<br />
Regress searching behavior on explanatory<br />
variables<br />
Predict adjusted probability <strong>of</strong> each behavior by<br />
explanatory variable with all other variables held<br />
at population mean<br />
State-<strong>of</strong>-the-art computing, 1957 Internet use in WLS sample, 2004<br />
Internet use in WLS sample, 2004<br />
35%<br />
27%<br />
23%<br />
6%<br />
9%<br />
Source: 2004 WLS Graduate Survey, N=6125<br />
2% have used net for health, but don’t have home PC<br />
No home PC<br />
PC, but no net<br />
Net, but not used<br />
Use net, but not for health<br />
Use net for health<br />
35%<br />
27%<br />
23%<br />
6%<br />
9%<br />
Source: 2004 WLS Graduate Survey, N=6125<br />
No home PC<br />
PC, but no net<br />
Net, but not used<br />
Use net, but not for health<br />
Use net for health<br />
Timing <strong>of</strong> last health-related search<br />
6%<br />
1%<br />
16%<br />
12%<br />
65%<br />
Source: 2004 WLS Graduate Survey, N=6125<br />
No health searches<br />
Unrelated to visit<br />
Instead <strong>of</strong> visit<br />
Before visit<br />
After visit<br />
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