Large local variations in the use of health services in rural southern Ethiopia: An ecological study.

ABSTRACT: Ethiopia is behind schedule in assuring accessible, equitable and quality health services. Understanding the geographical variability of the health services and adjusting small-area level factors can help the decision-makers to prioritize interventions and allocate scarce resources. There is lack of information on the degree of variation of health service utilisation at micro-geographic area scale using robust statistical tools in Ethiopia. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the health service utilisation and identify factors that account for the variation in health service utilisation at kebele (the smallest administrative unit) level in the Dale and Wonsho districts of the Sidama region. An exploratory ecological study design was employed on the secondary patient data c

SUBMITTER: Areru HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021478 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature