scholarly journals Inequalities in maternal health care utilization in Benin: a population based cross-sectional study

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanni Yaya ◽  
Olalekan A. Uthman ◽  
Agbessi Amouzou ◽  
Michael Ekholuenetale ◽  
Ghose Bishwajit
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Maternal Health Care Utilization

scholarly journals Health Care Utilization and Symptom Severity in Ghanaian Children – a Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. e80598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralf Krumkamp ◽  
Nimako Sarpong ◽  
Benno Kreuels ◽  
Lutz Ehlkes ◽  
Wibke Loag ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

scholarly journals Understanding the Improvement in Full Childhood Vaccination Coverage in Ethiopia Using Oaxaca–Blinder Decomposition Analysis

Vaccines ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 505
Author(s):  
Abrham Wondimu ◽  
Qi Cao ◽  
Derek Asuman ◽  
Josué Almansa ◽  
Maarten J. Postma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Vaccination Coverage ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Childhood Vaccination ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Maternal Health Care Utilization

In Ethiopia, full vaccination coverage among children aged 12–23 months has improved in recent decades. This study aimed to investigate drivers of the improvement in the vaccination coverage. The Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition technique was applied to identify the drivers using data from Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey conducted in 2000 and 2016. The vaccination coverage rose from 14.3% in 2000 to 38.5% in 2016. The decomposition analysis showed that most of the rise in vaccination coverage (73.7%) resulted from the change in the effect of explanatory variables over time and other unmeasured characteristics. Muslim religion had a counteracting effect on the observed increase in vaccination coverage. The remaining 26.3% of the increase was attributed to the change in the composition of the explanatory variables between 2000 and 2016, with maternal educational level and maternal health care utilization as significant contributors. The findings highlight the need for further improvements in maternal health care utilization and educational status to maintain the momentum towards universal coverage of childhood vaccination. Targeted intervention among Muslim-dominated communities is also needed to improve the current situation. Besides which, future studies need to be conducted to identify additional potential modifiable factors.

Regional Differences of Maternal Health Care Utilization in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. NP1389-NP1397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mengsha Tang ◽  
Debin Wang ◽  
Hong Hu ◽  
Guoping Wang ◽  
Rongjie Li
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Regional Differences ◽  
Maternal Health Care ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Maternal Health Care Utilization

scholarly journals Association Between a Wider Availability of Health Information and Health Care Utilization in Vietnam: Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hoang Thuy Linh Nguyen ◽  
Keiko Nakamura ◽  
Kaoruko Seino ◽  
Van Thang Vo
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Education Courses

BACKGROUND The rapid and widespread development of mass media sources including the Internet is occurring worldwide. Users are being confronted with a flood of health information through a wide availability of sources. Studies on how the availability of health information has triggered users’ interest in utilizing health care services remain limited within the Vietnamese population. OBJECTIVE This study examined the associations between the wider availability of sources for health information and health care utilization in Vietnam after adjusting for potential confounding variables. METHODS The data for this study were drawn from a cross-sectional study conducted over a 6-month period in Hue, a city in central Vietnam. The participants were 993 randomly selected adults aged between 18 and 60 years. Information was collected through face-to-face interviews on the types of information sources that were consulted, including traditional media (television), Internet, and health education courses, as well as the impact of such information on health care use (emergency department visits, hospitalizations, doctor visits). Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed at a 95% confidence level. RESULTS The prevalence of watching television, using the Internet, and attending health education courses to obtain health information were 50.9% (505/993), 32.9% (327/993), and 8.7% (86/993), respectively. After further adjustments for self-reported health status, the presence of health insurance, and monthly income, respondents who watched television and used the Internet to obtain health information were 1.7 times more likely to visit a doctor (television: adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 1.69, 95% CI 1.30-2.19; Internet: AOR 1.64, 95% CI 1.23-2.19), and also significantly associated with inpatient hospitalization (P=.003). CONCLUSIONS The use of widely available mass media sources (eg, television and the Internet) to obtain health information was associated with higher health care utilization. How this interest in health-related information can be used so that it will have a beneficial effect on care-seeking behavior should be a topic of concern to further health promotion in developing countries.

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