Open AccessSocioeconomic factors affecting patients′ utilization of primary care services at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Abdulaziz Alsubaie,
Khaled Almohaimede,
Abdulrahman F Aljadoa,
Osamah J Jarallah,
Yasser I Althnayan,
Yousef A. Al-Turki
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.172223
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , arabic , cross sectional study , tertiary care , health care , family medicine , environmental health , population , economic growth , linguistics , philosophy , pathology , economics
Primary 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.