Bookedited by Christian Janssen, Enno Swart, Thomas von Lengerke.
Contents:
Part I Introduction
Theorizing, empiricizing and analyzing health care utilization in Germany: An introduction
Part II Theory
Re-revisiting the Behavioral Model of Health Care Utilization by Andersen: A review on theoretical advances and perspectives
Health care utilization within the system of statutory sickness funds in Germany
Part III Methodology
The problem of repeated surveys: How comparable are their results regarding utilization of medical services?
Health care utilization research using secondary data
Health care utilization: Insights from qualitative research
Part IV Results: Selected determinants
Gender and utilization of health care
Socioeconomic status and health care utilization in Germany: A systematic review
Migration and health care utilization in the European context
How do socioeconomic factors influence the amount and intensity of services utilization by family caregivers of elderly dependents?
Part IV b Results: Selected diseases
Health care utilization by dementia patients living at home and their kins
Utilization of general practitioners by obese men and women: Review for Germany and results from the MONICA/KORA cohorts S3/F3 and S4/F4
Utilization of physiotherapy by patients with rheumatic diseases
Participation in self-help activities amongst patients with rheumatic diseases
Part IV b Results: Selected sectors of care
Social determinants of utilization of psychotherapy in Germany
Variation in the use of prevention and health promotion services according to gender, age, socioeconomic, and migration status
Utilisation of an Integrated Care Pilot in Germany: Morbidity, age and sex distribution of Gesundes Kinzigtal Integrated Care membership in 2006-08
Part V Extroduction
Health care utilization: A concluding note on research prospects.