Demand for Health Care Services in Bure Town
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1999-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
TItis study attempted to identify the detemlinants of seeking trcatment during illness
and the demand for health care services among different providers in Bllre Town.TIle factors
that are expected to have an influential impact were categoIized as individual amVor
household specific vatiables and choice specific vatiables.
The data used to estimate the effects of identified vatiablcs on the specified models
were collected tlu'ough a field sUlvey on 400 households of tile residents in Bure Town
between February 16'h to March 6°', 1999. A systematic random sampling metl\Od was
designed and used for purposes of data collection in the assU\l1ption of homogeneity in tile
population.
The estimated empmcal model results showed til at individual and/or household
specific variables such as sex of the patient, seveIity of illness, monlhly income of tile
household and household size' and the choice specific vaIiable, dislance 10 reach tile nearest
health facility, were found to have a significant effect on wheOler or not treatment was
sought, but not on tile choice of provider of healtll care services.
On the other hand, age of Ole patient, sex of the household head and education level
of tile patient fi'om tile individual and/or household specific variables and quality valiables,
medical cost of treatment per visit and waiting time for treatment from the choice specific
category were found to have their own strong influence on the choicc of providers of heal til
care services witll wlexpected result that waiting time for treatment played in the choice of
public facilities and the medical cost of treatment per visit played in the choice of pIivate
facilities which warrant us to perform furt1ler research in tltis area. TIle policy implication of
such findings is discussed.
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