What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey

This analysis aims to assess the association between commune health station (CHS) service availability/readiness and health service utilization. Data from the 2015 Vietnam District and Commune Health Facility Survey was used to build a series of multivariate negative binomial regressions to measure...

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Main Authors:	Vu, Lan T.H., Bales, Sarah, Bredenkamp, Caryn
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2022
Subjects:	COMMUNE HEALTH STATION HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE SERVICE READINESS SERVICE AVAILABILITY HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY SURVEY
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36824

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spelling	okr-10986-368242022-01-28T16:14:27Z What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey Vu, Lan T.H. Bales, Sarah Bredenkamp, Caryn COMMUNE HEALTH STATION HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE SERVICE READINESS SERVICE AVAILABILITY HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY SURVEY This analysis aims to assess the association between commune health station (CHS) service availability/readiness and health service utilization. Data from the 2015 Vietnam District and Commune Health Facility Survey was used to build a series of multivariate negative binomial regressions to measure the association between domains of service availability/readiness and CHS's average number of visits per capita. Three domains of service availability/readiness are significantly associated with higher utilization rates: health infrastructure, basic equipment availability, and capacity to deliver services for non-communicable diseases. If all three modifiable CHS characteristics were to be improved from their current level, the predicted utilization rate of the CHS would be 3.3–3.7 times as high as current levels. Investments in improving facility infrastructure, making available essential equipment items, and enabling the CHS to provide hypertension and diabetes services would all likely increase health service utilization at CHS level. 2022-01-14T20:55:59Z 2022-01-14T20:55:59Z 2021 Journal Article International Journal of Healthcare Management 2047-9700 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36824 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article East Asia and Pacific Vietnam
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topic	COMMUNE HEALTH STATION HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE SERVICE READINESS SERVICE AVAILABILITY HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY SURVEY
spellingShingle	COMMUNE HEALTH STATION HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE SERVICE READINESS SERVICE AVAILABILITY HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY SURVEY Vu, Lan T.H. Bales, Sarah Bredenkamp, Caryn What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey
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description	This analysis aims to assess the association between commune health station (CHS) service availability/readiness and health service utilization. Data from the 2015 Vietnam District and Commune Health Facility Survey was used to build a series of multivariate negative binomial regressions to measure the association between domains of service availability/readiness and CHS's average number of visits per capita. Three domains of service availability/readiness are significantly associated with higher utilization rates: health infrastructure, basic equipment availability, and capacity to deliver services for non-communicable diseases. If all three modifiable CHS characteristics were to be improved from their current level, the predicted utilization rate of the CHS would be 3.3–3.7 times as high as current levels. Investments in improving facility infrastructure, making available essential equipment items, and enabling the CHS to provide hypertension and diabetes services would all likely increase health service utilization at CHS level.
format	Journal Article
author	Vu, Lan T.H. Bales, Sarah Bredenkamp, Caryn
author_facet	Vu, Lan T.H. Bales, Sarah Bredenkamp, Caryn
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title	What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey
title_short	What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey
title_full	What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey
title_fullStr	What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey
title_full_unstemmed	What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey
title_sort	what drives utilization of primary care facilities? evidence from a national facility survey
publisher	Taylor and Francis
publishDate	2022
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36824
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What Drives Utilization of Primary Care Facilities? Evidence from a National Facility Survey

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