Equity and unmet need of non-communicable diseases services in Saudi Arabia using a National Household Survey (2019).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Saudi Arabia is implementing a comprehensive health system transformation in health services provision, governance, and financing. Given the high burden of non-communicable diseases (NCD), a key objective of the transformation is to integrate NCD prevention and treatment into primary care. The study objectives were to assess primary care service use for treatment of NCDs, to quantify existing inequities in preventive services utilization, and to identify regional and sociodemographic factors associated with these inequities.

Methods

Using the 2019 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia World Health Survey, multivariable logistic regression models were conducted to identify predictors of utilization of primary care services for NCD prevention and treatment, unmet need among those

SUBMITTER: Alattas M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10943914 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature