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The purpose of our study was to determine the factors affecting the level of services provided in primary health care among patients with chronic respiratory diseases. The study group consisted of 299 adults (median age: 65, min–max: 18–92 years) with mixed chronic respiratory diseases, recruited from patients of 135 general practitioners. In the analysis, in addition to the assessment of the provided medical services, the following were used: Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire, Camberwell Assessment of Needs Short Appraisal Schedule, Acceptance of Illness Scale, and WHO Quality of Life Instrument Short Form. Variables that determined the level of services were the following: age, place of residence, marital status, number of chronic diseases, and level of disease acceptance, quality of life, and health behaviors. The level of provided services correlated with variables such as gender, severity of somatic symptoms, level of satisfied needs, and satisfaction with health care. We concluded that in patients with mixed chronic respiratory diseases a higher level of health care utilization should be expected in younger patients, those living in the countryside, those having a partner, with multimorbidity, a low level of disease acceptance, those satisfied with their current quality of life, with positive mental attitudes, and maintaining health practices.
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Kurpas, D., Bujnowska-Fedak, M.M., Athanasiadou, A., Mroczek, B. (2015). Factors Influencing Utilization of Primary Health Care Services in Patients with Chronic Respiratory Diseases. In: Pokorski, M. (eds) Noncommunicable Diseases. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology(), vol 866. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/5584_2015_141
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