Purpose/Significance To explore the influencing factors of elderly people's choice of traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)hospital.Method/Process Based on the data of 16 847 elderly people from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study(CHARLS),the influencing factors of elderly people's choice of TCM hospital are studied by using Anderson health behavior mod-el and regression analysis.Result/Conclusion Education level,pension status,self-rated health status and chronic disease status have significant effects on the choice of TCM hospital for the elderly.The elderly with high education level,no pension,poor health and chron-ic diseases are more inclined to choose TCM hospital.
关键词
老年人/安德森模型/中医医院/就医行为
Key words
the elderly/Andersen model/traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)hospital/health seeking behaviour