Health Problems, Financial Capacity, and Access to Healthcare of Older Persons in Metro Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines

Theorose June Q. Bustillo, Enrique G. Oracion, Chereisle G. Pyponco
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This descriptive qualitative study explored the experiences of older persons how they availed of and assessed the quality of available healthcare services to address their needs given their capacity to pay. The focus revolved around the concept of financial capacity for healthcare needs to address health problems during old age. Experiences were documented through face-to-face interviews of purposively identified eight older persons using semi-structured guide questions. Thematic analysis was applied, which revealed that financial capacity matters in health quality relative to the particular health problems the older persons have endured. The findings further revealed differentiated access to healthcare services given the variable economic conditions of older persons. This paper reiterates their recommendations that providing them the needed healthcare assistance and information about the management and prevention of common ailments affecting them may avert their health problems from becoming worse and more expensive to cure beyond their financial capacity.
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菲律宾Negros Oriental Metro Dumaguete老年人的健康问题、经济能力和获得医疗保健的机会
这项描述性定性研究探讨了老年人在支付能力的情况下如何利用和评估现有医疗服务的质量,以满足他们的需求。重点围绕着解决老年健康问题的医疗保健需求的财政能力概念。通过使用半结构化的指导问题对有意确定的八名老年人进行面对面访谈,记录了他们的经历。专题分析表明,相对于老年人所经历的特殊健康问题,经济能力对健康质量至关重要。研究结果进一步表明,鉴于老年人的经济条件多变,获得医疗服务的机会存在差异。这篇论文重申了他们的建议,即为他们提供所需的医疗援助,以及有关管理和预防影响他们的常见疾病的信息,可以避免他们的健康问题变得更糟,治疗费用超过他们的经济能力。
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