Barriers to healthcare utilization among married women in Afghanistan: the role of asset ownership and women's autonomy.

ABSTRACT: Women face multiple socio-economic, cultural, contextual, and perceived barriers in health service utilization. Moreover, poor autonomy and financial constraints act as crucial factors to their healthcare accessibility. Therefore, the objective of the present study is to study the association between health care utilization barriers and women empowerment, including asset ownership among currently married women in Afghanistan. Data of 28,661 currently married women from Afghanistan demographic health survey (2015) was used to carry out this study. Barriers to access healthcare were computed based on problems related to permission, money, distance, and companionship, whereas women empowerment and asset ownership were computed as potential covariates along with other socio-economic risk facto

SUBMITTER: Malik MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10898116 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature