Healthcare service utilisation among adults with coronary artery disease in rural Aluva, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the pattern and determinants of healthcare service utilisation among adults with coronary artery disease (CAD) in a rural setting in Kerala, India.

Design

A community-based cross-sectional analysis conducted within a study cohort.

Setting

The study was conducted from January 2022 to March 2022 within the ENDIRA Cohort (Epidemiology of Non-communicable Diseases In Rural Areas) in the rural part of Aluva municipality of Ernakulam district, Kerala, India, which comprises five adjacent panchayats with a population of approximately 100, 000 individuals.

Participants

Patients with CAD aged 35-80 years from the ENDIRA cohort with a history of at least one event of myocardial infarction in the past decade.

Outcome measures

The main outcome m

SUBMITTER: Mohandas NV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11429362 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature