National Health Surveys and the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use

TLDR

National health surveys have been pivotal in advancing health services research by developing concepts, methods, and policy relevance, culminating in the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use. This article reviews 75 years of national studies that have shaped health services research and the Behavioral Model. The authors analyze the Behavioral Model over 40 years of application and modification.

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.