Preventive healthcare uptake in private hospitals in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey (Nisa premier hospital).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding the features of preventive care uptake is critical for assessing the performance and viability of primary care in any healthcare system. There are gaps in previous studies that focused on primary healthcare features, challenges and way forward in Nigeria but were mainly public sector focused and do not characterize the features of preventive care. Since private healthcare sector remains the most accessed and utilized in Nigeria, this study sought to characterize the features of uptake of preventive care to better understand the current preventive healthcare landscape.

Method

A descriptive cross-sectional study, using survey questionnaire were randomly administered to adult patients attending the Family Medicine Out-Patient Department (OPD) at Nisa Pr

SUBMITTER: Ofoli JNT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7114808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature