Factors affecting delayed and non-receipt of healthcare during the COVID-19 pandemic for women in rural Maharashtra, India: Evidence from a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pathways to low healthcare utilisation under the COVID-19 pandemic are not well understood. This study aims to understand women's concerns about the health system's priorities and their increased burden of domestic responsibilities during COVID-19 as predictors of delayed or non-receipt of needed care for themselves or their children.

Methods

We surveyed married women in rural Maharashtra, India (N = 1021) on their health and economic concerns between Feb 1 and March 26, 2021. This study period was when India emerged from the first wave of the pandemic, which had severely impacted the health systems, and before the second-even more devastating wave had started. We captured if women were concerned about access to non-COVID health services due to healthcare being di

SUBMITTER: Dey AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9671517 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature