ArticleJournal of family & community medicine
Socioeconomic factors affecting patients' utilization of primary care services at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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- Impact of the Cooperative Health Insurance System in Saudi Arabia on Universal Health Coverage-A Systematic Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Successes, weaknesses, and recommendations to strengthen primary health care: a scoping review.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2023Article
- Behavioral Risk Factor and Primary Healthcare Utilization in South Africa.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Assessment of utilization of health care services and the associated factors among adult fee-waiver beneficiaries in Hawassa, southern Ethiopia: A community based cross sectional study.Journal of public health research · 2022Article
- Factors related to parents' adherence to childhood immunization.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Association of Demographic Variables with the Awareness of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients (T2DM) among the Northwest Population in Saudi Arabia.Journal of diabetes research · 2020Article
- Factors Affecting Utilization of Primary Healthcare Services in Saudi Arabia.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPrimary care services utilization is dependent on socioeconomic factors. It is proven that variation in socioeconomic factors result in discrepancies in the use of such services. Admittedly, research is limited on the socioeconomic factors affecting the utilization of primary care services in Saudi Arabia.
objectivesThe aim of this research was to study the effect of the main socioeconomic factors affecting patients' utilization of primary care services at a tertiary teaching hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted from January to February 2014 in a primary care clinic of a tertiary teaching hospital in Riyadh city; subjects selected using a random consecutive sampling technique. A self-administered questionnaire in Arabic was given to the participants to collect the data which comprised sociodemographic data, utilization measures, and health needs. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 21.
resultsA total of 358 subjects participated in the study. The main factors that best determine the utilization of primary health care clinic in a tertiary teaching hospital were the possession of a health insurance (P = 0.046, odds ratio [OR] = 8.333), and bad self-health-perception (P < 0.014, OR: 2.088). Chronic illness was also associated with higher utilization (OR = 2.003).
conclusionOur results reveal that chronic health problems, self-health-perception, and health insurance are the most significant socioeconomic factors affecting the utilization of primary care services.
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