Research On The Effect Of Social Capital On Going To See The Doctor Of The Middle-aged And Elderly Urban Residents

At the beginning of 1970, the research of social capital was in the rise of the West. It was proposed by sociologists at first, and widely used in many fields. In 1990s, it was introduced in health sector, and in this field it was often used to study the fair of social capital and health, or the relationship between social capital and the utilization of health resource. The author attempts to understand the impact on the medical treatment at the perspective of social capital, and hope to give suggestions and comments on medical care for the residents.Through the review of existing research results at home and abroad, we found that although these studies only about the influence of factors medical treatment, and Most research was focused on the circumstances of medical research before going to see the doctor and less research on the social capital of the relatively impact of medical after going to see the doctor, and little research on the negative effects about social capital in the process of personal medical care. It is significance that we should explore how to increase the social capital of vulnerable groups to reduce their disadvantage in the process of medical treatment.At present, the research of social capital in China is still in the preliminary exploration stag, and the construction of the theoretical system is not perfect. We study the health seeking behavior of the middle-aged and elderly urban resident from the perspective of social capital. It can deepen our understanding of social relations, social structure and understanding and awareness of medical treatment.The questionnaire is at the basis of interviews and the survey in the city of Changzhou, Zhenjiang of the middle-aged elderly. Then we obtained six main factors by factor analysis of survey data obtained, those are:the effect of subjective on the objective factors of medical treatment of acquaintance, the psychological tendency of seeking medical treatment through the acquaintance, the objective convenience of after receiving medical treatment by an acquaintance, the degree of kinship with the degree of acquaintance, the subjective perception of acquaintance of after receiving medical treatment. At last we summed up the positive and negative effects of social capital on medical treatment and give recommendations.