Health inequity on access to services in the ethnic minority regions of Northeastern Myanmar: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate health inequity on access to services in the ethnic regions of Northeastern Myanmar from three points of analysis: geographic barrier, gender-based disparity and financial burden of health services.

Setting

A multistage-stratified random cluster survey was conducted in Shan State Special Region 2 and Eastern Shan State Special Region 4 of Northeastern Myanmar in 2016, including a total number of 774 households.

Participants

A total number of 4235 participants were recruited during the survey.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Geographic distance, gender, household income and inpatient/outpatient service utilisation.

Results

The study results showed that residents living within 5 km of any form of healthcare facilities paid mor

SUBMITTER: Tang K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735411 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature