PMID: 9175456May 1, 1997Paper

Utilization of health services among rural women in Gujarat, India

Public Health
B VissandjéeD W Fraser

Abstract

This study examined the effects of four sets of factors on use of curative health services among rural women living in Gujarat, India. The sets of factors analyzed were as follows: (1) the demographic characteristics of the women; (2) the characteristics of the household in which they lived; (3) the characteristics of the environment in which they lived; and (4) the price and convenience of care. The study focused on rural married women aged 17-45 who had at least one child. Nested multiple logistic regressions were computed on cross-sectional data to assess the simultaneous influences of the independent variables on (1) reports of episodes of illness (2) use of curative services among rural women who reported an illness and (3) use of a specific service. Four types of service were examined as outcomes of interest, namely, private doctors, Aga Khan Health Services centres, government health centres, and traditional healers. Other things being equal, women's education, income, family structure and kinship affiliation were significant predictors of use of service. Women seemed to be more sensitive to travel time to the health service and its associated costs (purdah restrictions, transportation and time costs) than to the direct ...Continue Reading

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