National Health Surveys and the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use
2008/06/23 by Ronald Max Andersen · 1,115 citations
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Environmental health #Field (mathematics) #Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations #Function (biology) #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Health policy #Health services #Healthcare Policy and Management #Medicine #Nursing #Political science #Population #Product (mathematics) #Psychology #Public health #Relevance (law)
paper · doi:10.1097/mlr.0b013e31817a835d
published in Medical Care 46(7), 647-653 (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
openalex publication_date 2008/06/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Abstract
National health surveys have played an important role in the development of health services research. They have contributed to the advancement of concepts, methods, and the policy relevance of the field. One product of these surveys was the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use. This article documents a 75-year legacy by reviewing the series of national studies that have given to the form and function of health services research. It further examines the Behavioral Model through 40 years of considerable application and alteration.
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