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Yi-Qi Wangliu1, Zhe-Yuan Mai2, Xu-Hong Li2
1School of Ethnology and Sociology, Yunnan University, Yunnan Province, China.
Objective:
This study sought to explore the utilization of hospital services by widowed older adults and the influential factors in the Chinese context.
Methods:
The data utilized in this study was sourced from the 2020 wave of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS 2020), which included 1986 widowed older adults. A Zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) regression model was employed to examine the factors influencing the utilization of health services.
Results:
The results showed that self-rated health, along with the number of chronic illnesses and depressive symptoms plays an important role in use of both inpatient and outpatient healthcare services. Furthermore, widowed older men and those who had experienced the loss of their spouse for a shorter period were more inclined to seek inpatient services.
Conclusions:
The significant results provide insights for practitioners and policymakers to provide intervention to older adults with of spousal bereavement experience.
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