title: Health care utilization and attitudes to health care before and after development work in a health centre. Results from two independent postal surveys.
abstract: In development work at the Vännäs Primary Health Care Centre (VPHCC) in northern Sweden, attitudes towards and the use of health care were studied from 1977 to 1979. Mail questionnaires were sent to random and independent samples of Vännäs inhabitants to collect data. A relative increase in the health centre physician consultancy rate was found when it was compared to other health care facilities. No change was seen in hospital utilization. Attitudes towards health information and health care accessibility were more positive after the development work. No change in attitudes to quality of health care as such was seen. The changes implemented at the VPHCC seemed to be a major cause for the results obtained as no such change was seen in the catchment area of the reference health centre.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, University of Umeå, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Westman
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: von Post
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D011639:Public Opinion; D013548:Sweden