Drivers of respiratory health care demand in Acre state, Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The scarce knowledge about the drivers of demand for respiratory health care in the Brazilian Amazon, where the gap of human and physical health care resources is wide, is expanded with two surveys conducted in the west of the region, in Acre state. Potential drivers, informed by a review of twelve recent papers, were classified into seven categories capturing the individual, household, community and macroeconomic dimensions.

Methods

Quantitative field surveys were conducted in 2017 and 2019 based on coupled conglomerate-quota randomization sampling. Adults responded about their own health or their children's health. The probability of seeking physician care for the latest episode of respiratory illness or dry cough was analysed with multiple nonlinear regressions

SUBMITTER: Morello T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9509621 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature