Access and utilisation of primary health care services comparing urban and rural areas of Riyadh Providence, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• 作者：Ghadah Alfaqeeh ; Erica J. Cook ; Gurch Randhawa ; Nasreen Ali
• 关键词：Health service access ; Primary health care ; Rurality ; Demography
• 刊名：BMC Health Services Research
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：17
• 期：1
• 全文大小：443KB
• 刊物主题：Public Health; Health Administration; Health Informatics; Nursing Research;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1472-6963
• 卷排序：17

文摘

BackgroundThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has seen an increase in chronic diseases. International evidence suggests that early intervention is the best approach to reduce the burden of chronic disease. However, the limited research available suggests that health care access remains unequal, with rural populations having the poorest access to and utilisation of primary health care centres and, consequently, the poorest health outcomes. This study aimed to examine the factors influencing the access to and utilisation of primary health care centres in urban and rural areas of Riyadh province of the KSA.