Sociodemographic Correlates of Choice of Health Care Services in Six Rural Communities in North Central Nigeria
Joint Authors
Audu, Onyemocho
Bako Ara, Ishaku
Abdullahi Umar, Abdujalil
Nanben Omole, Victoria
Avidime, Solomon
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-12-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Household expenditure on health has increasingly remained a major source of health care financing in Nigeria despite the introduction of several social health scheme policies provided by the government for meeting the health care costs of patients.
Recognizing these limitations, this study assessed the type of health care services people commonly use in various illnesses and the sociodemographic correlates of the preferred health care services by household heads in six rural communities of North Central Nigeria.
A cross-sectional community-based descriptive study design was used to study 154 household heads in the settlements using a multistage sampling method.
Multiple logistic regressions were performed to investigate independent predictors that had significant chi-square at P < 0.05 .
The leading causes of illness experienced by respondents were medical conditions (42.0%) and 41.7% of them sought treatment from patent medicine vendors.
The dominant reasons for health-seeking preferences were financial access (53.7%) and proximity (48.6%).
Age had a higher impact (Beta = 0.892) on the health-seeking preferences of the respondents as compared to their occupation and religion (Beta = 0.368 and −0.746, resp.).
Therefore, in order to meet the health care of patients, it is pertinent that the unmet needs of patients are properly addressed by appropriate agencies.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Audu, Onyemocho& Bako Ara, Ishaku& Abdullahi Umar, Abdujalil& Nanben Omole, Victoria& Avidime, Solomon. 2014. Sociodemographic Correlates of Choice of Health Care Services in Six Rural Communities in North Central Nigeria. Advances in Public Health،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1015989
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Audu, Onyemocho…[et al.]. Sociodemographic Correlates of Choice of Health Care Services in Six Rural Communities in North Central Nigeria. Advances in Public Health No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1015989
American Medical Association (AMA)
Audu, Onyemocho& Bako Ara, Ishaku& Abdullahi Umar, Abdujalil& Nanben Omole, Victoria& Avidime, Solomon. Sociodemographic Correlates of Choice of Health Care Services in Six Rural Communities in North Central Nigeria. Advances in Public Health. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1015989
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1015989