Emergency healthcare needs in the Lavender Hill suburb of Cape Town, South Africa: a cross-sectional, community-based household survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Emergency care is a key component of healthcare systems, but little is known about its real impact on communities. This study evaluated access, utilisation and barriers to healthcare, and specifically emergency care, in the low socioeconomic Cape Town suburb of Lavender Hill.

Design

A cross-sectional, community-based household survey.

Setting

Lavender Hill suburb in the Cape Flats of Cape Town, South Africa.

Participants

Two-stage cluster sampling was used to identify approximately 13 households in each of 46 clusters, for a total of 608 households. A senior householder responded on behalf of each household surveyed.

Primary outcome measures

Access to, utilisation of and unmet needs related to healthcare at large and emergency care.

Results<

SUBMITTER: Hodkinson PW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045142 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature