Health care utilization and health-related quality of life perception in older adults: a study of the Mexican Social Security Institute Utilización de servicios de salud y percepción de calidad de vida relacionada a la salud en adultos mayores: un estudio en el Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social

• Main Authors: Katia Gallegos-Carrillo (Author), Carmen García-Peña (Author), Carlos Durán-Muñoz (Author), Jyoti Mudgal (Author), Luis Durán-Arenas (Author), Jorge Salmerón-Castro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To establish how health care service utilization patterns are associated with health-related quality of life (HRQL) perception in older adults. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study in adults aged 60 years or more was conducted in a random sample of 1150 beneficiaries of the Mexic...