Urban–Rural Differences in Health-Care-Seeking Pattern of Residents of Abia State, Nigeria, and the Implication in the Control of NCDs | Zendy

Ugochukwu Onyeonoro | Zendy; Okechukwu S. Ogah | Zendy; Andrew Ukegbu | Zendy; Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye | Zendy; Okechukwu Ojoemelam Madukwe | Zendy; Akhimiem O. Moses | Zendy

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Urban–Rural Differences in Health-Care-Seeking Pattern of Residents of Abia State, Nigeria, and the Implication in the Control of NCDs

Author(s) -

Ugochukwu Onyeonoro,

Okechukwu S. Ogah,

Andrew Ukegbu,

Innocent Ijezie Chukwuonye,

Okechukwu Ojoemelam Madukwe,

Akhimiem O. Moses

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

health services insights

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.739

H-Index - 12

ISSN - 1178-6329

DOI - 10.4137/hsi.s31865

Subject(s) - abia , psychological intervention , environmental health , health care , descriptive statistics , medicine , rural area , logistic regression , service delivery framework , service (business) , nursing , business , geography , economic growth , local government , marketing , statistics , mathematics , archaeology , pathology , economics

Understanding the differences in care-seeking pattern is key in designing interventions aimed at improving health-care service delivery, including prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases. The aim of this study was to identify the differences and determinants of care-seeking patterns of urban and rural residents in Abia State in southeast Nigeria.

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