Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
McGill University
$1,500.00
Disparities in Health and Access to Health Care among Official-Language Minorities in Québec
FY 2014-15
Summary
This study estimates the effect of French language ability on self-reported health and unmet healthcare needs in Québec using a multiple logistic regression design. We find that unilingual Québec Anglophones are 26% more likely than bilinguals to report poor health. Worse health is expected to compel greater use of health care based on theory and evidence from multiple comparative contexts. However, despite their poor health status, unilingual Anglophones are 52% more likely to report unmet health care needs. These disparities in health status and health care access are explained by differences in French language ability, robust to demographic and socioeconomic controls. The findings suggest that policies to reduce barriers to health care access among unilingual Québec Anglophones can have substantial health benefits
Department
Program
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
324469
Name
Falconer James M
Region
Québec
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Health Services and Policy Research
Theme2
Health systems / services
Prcname2
Institute of Health Services and Policy Research
Projecttitle
Disparities in Health and Access to Health Care among Official-Language Minorities in Québec
Programtype2
Undefined
Orgnameinp2
McGill University
Cihramount2
$1,500
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Keyworddelim
Barriers To Health System Access; Determinants Of Health System Use; Health Inequalities; Health Policy; Ics Travel Award; Logistic Regression; Official-Language Minorities; Quantitative Analysis; Self-Rated Health; Unmet Health Care Needs
Abstract
This study estimates the effect of French language ability on self-reported health and unmet healthcare needs in Québec using a multiple logistic regression design. We find that unilingual Québec Anglophones are 26% more likely than bilinguals to report poor health. Worse health is expected to compel greater use of health care based on theory and evidence from multiple comparative contexts. However, despite their poor health status, unilingual Anglophones are 52% more likely to report unmet health care needs. These disparities in health status and health care access are explained by differences in French language ability, robust to demographic and socioeconomic controls. The findings suggest that policies to reduce barriers to health care access among unilingual Québec Anglophones can have substantial health benefits
Competitiondate
201501
Approvedterm2
1 yr 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Falconer, James M
Approvedterm
1 an 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
Inst of Hlth Serv & Policy Res~ $1,500~ $0~
