Age, sex and primary care setting differences in patients' perception of community healthcare seeking behaviour towards health services.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Understanding the potential determinants of community healthcare seeking behaviour helps in improving healthcare utilisation and health outcomes within different populations. This in turn will aid the development of healthcare policies and planning for prevention, early diagnosis and management of health conditions. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate patients' perception of community healthcare seeking behaviour towards both acute and preventive physical and psychosocial health concerns by sex, age and type of primary care setting (as a proxy for affordability of healthcare). METHODS:A total of 3979 patients from 221 public and 239 private clinics in Malaysia were interviewed between June 2015 and February 2016 using a patient experience survey questionnaire from the Quality and Cost of Pr

SUBMITTER: Lim MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6802842 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature