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Gender differences in general practice utilisation in New Zealand.

Jatrana Santosh1, Peter Crampton

  • 1Department of Public Health, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Wellington PO Box 7343, Wellington, New Zealand. santosh.jatrana@otago.ac.nz

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|August 10, 2010
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Women visit general practitioners (GPs) more than men in New Zealand, even after excluding gynecological reasons. Ethnicity and problem severity significantly impact women's GP use, unlike men's.

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Published on: September 20, 2018

Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Services Research
  • General Practice

Background:

  • Understanding gender disparities in healthcare access is crucial for equitable health outcomes.
  • General practice (GP) utilization patterns can reveal underlying societal and health-related factors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate gender differences in general practice utilization in New Zealand.
  • To identify factors influencing these utilization patterns, including ethnicity and problem severity.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 10,506 visit records from the National Primary Medical Care Survey (NatMedCa) in 2001/2002.
  • Utilized Poisson regression to analyze the number of GP visits in the past 12 months.
  • Controlled for age and excluded gynecological/obstetric conditions to isolate general utilization trends.

Main Results:

  • Women demonstrated higher GP utilization than men (IRR = 1.13).
  • This female excess persisted after excluding gynecological/obstetric conditions and across all age groups.
  • Asian women utilized GP services less than European women (IRR = 0.61), a disparity not seen in men.
  • Women reporting life-threatening problems were more likely to visit GPs than those with self-limiting issues (IRR = 1.39).

Conclusions:

  • Women's higher general practice utilization is not solely due to gynecological or childbearing-related visits.
  • Ethnicity and the severity of health problems significantly explain variations in women's GP utilization, but not men's.
  • Findings challenge existing literature and highlight the need for nuanced approaches to understanding gendered healthcare seeking behaviors.