Probability of beginning episode of care –
Structural – social class variables
n Income
Perhaps the most frequently reported explanatory
variable
Considered a primary barrier to seeking care
Initially thought to be the key variable associated with
utilization
on assumption that if income equalized by providing
financial assistance, barriers to utilization diminished
This finding not confirmed
 has led to considerably more investigation of other
social/demographic/ psychological factors affecting
utilization
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