Does quality influence utilization of primary health care? Evidence from Haiti.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Expanding coverage of primary healthcare services such as antenatal care and vaccinations is a global health priority; however, many Haitians do not utilize these services. One reason may be that the population avoids low quality health facilities. We examined how facility infrastructure and the quality of primary health care service delivery were associated with community utilization of primary health care services in Haiti.

Methods

We constructed two composite measures of quality for all Haitian facilities using the 2013 Service Provision Assessment survey. We geographically linked population clusters from the Demographic and Health Surveys to nearby facilities offering primary health care services. We assessed the cross-sectional association between quality and

SUBMITTER: Gage AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6011404 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature