Bad Travel Connections Hampered Access to Care, Percentage of Persons Who Used Health Services, Age 65 and Over (From 2018)
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
The indicator shows the percentage of health service users aged 65 or over who felt that bad travel connections at least sometimes hampered access to care. Based on the question: "Have the following factors interfered with you receiving treatment in the past 12 months?: - The place of care was hard to reach. The response options were: 1) always, 2) most of the time, 3) sometimes, 4) never, 5) does not apply to me or the services I have used. The examination includes the respondents choosing option 1), 2) or 3) who had used health services.
Numerator
Number of responses using 1, 2, or 3 who had used health services.
Denominator
Total number of responses
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
Sex (male female, combined); Age; The well-being services county, region, whole country
Data Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Healthy Finland Survey