Internal migration and health in South Africa: determinants of healthcare utilisation in a young adult cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In South Africa, human geographic mobility is high as people engage in both permanent and temporary relocation, predominantly from rural to urban areas. Such mobility can compromise healthcare access and utilisation. The objective of this paper is to explore healthcare utilisation and its determinants in a cohort of internal migrants and permanent residents (non-migrants) originating from the Agincourt sub-district in South Africa's rural northeast.

Methods

A 5-year cohort study of 3800 individuals aged 18 to 40 commenced in 2017. Baseline data have been collected from 1764 Agincourt residents and 1334 temporary, mostly urban-based, migrants, and are analysed using bivariate analyses, logistic and multinomial regression models, and propensity score matching analys

SUBMITTER: Ginsburg C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7981972 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature