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Women empowerment and health insurance utilisation in Rwanda: a nationwide cross-sectional survey
BackgroundHealth insurance coverage is one of the several measures being implemented to reduce the inequity in access to quality health services...
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Influence of women's decision-making autonomy on antenatal care utilisation and institutional delivery services in Nigeria: evidence from the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey 2018
BackgroundIn the context of global health priority, understanding the role of power dynamics among women as an important intervention required...
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Out-of-pocket expenditure, need, utilisation, and private health insurance in the Australian healthcare system
Despite widespread public service provision, public funding, and private health insurance (PHI), 20% of all healthcare expenditure across the OECD is...
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Factors associated with sexual and reproductive health service utilisation in high migration communities in six Southern African countries
BackgroundMigration among women has significant health consequences on their access to and utilisation of health services, particularly sexual and...
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Health Service Utilisation of People Living with Psychosis: Validity of Self-report Compared with Administrative Data in a Randomised Controlled Trial
BackgroundSelf-reported service use informs resource utilisation and cost estimates, though its validity for use within economic evaluations is...
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Understanding inequalities in access to adult mental health services in the UK: a systematic map** review
BackgroundPopulation groups experience differential access to timely and high-quality mental healthcare. Despite efforts of recent UK policies to...
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Determinants of awareness, value perception, and societal support for sexual and reproductive health services among in-school adolescents in South-eastern Nigeria
BackgroundAdolescents are vulnerable to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) risks yet, have poor utilisation of SRH services due to personal,...
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Multidomain and multilevel strategies to improve equity in maternal and newborn health services in Nepal: perspectives of health managers and policymakers
BackgroundNepal has committed to achieving universal coverage of quality maternal and newborn health (MNH) services by 2030. Achieving this, however,...
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Socio-cultural barriers to the delivery and utilisation of child healthcare services in rural Ghana: a qualitative study
BackgroundOver half of global deaths among children under five years of age occur in sub-Saharan Africa. Prompt and consistent access to and...
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How predictive of future healthcare utilisation and mortality is data-driven population segmentation based on healthcare utilisation and chronic condition comorbidity?
BackgroundIn recent years data-driven population segmentation using cluster analyses of mainly health care utilisation data has been used as a proxy...
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A sco** review on the barriers to and facilitators of health services utilisation related to refugee settlement in regional or rural areas of the host country
BackgroundHealthcare access and equity are human rights. Worldwide conflicts, violence, and persecution have increased the number of people from...
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Utilisation of community care services and self-rated health among elderly population in China: a survey-based analysis with propensity score matching method
BackgroundElderly care and elderly health are the enormous challenges in such an aging society as China. Community care services have been develo**...
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Facilitators and barriers to the utilisation of sanitation-related decision-making support tools among environmental health practitioners in Uganda
AimThe aim of the current study was to explore the facilitators and barriers to the utilisation of sanitation-related decision-making support tools...
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Factors influencing access to and utilisation of youth-friendly sexual and reproductive health services in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review
BackgroundDespite the global agreements on adolescents’ sexual and reproductive health and rights, access to and utilisation of these services among...
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Understanding health service utilisation patterns for care home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic using routinely collected healthcare data
BackgroundHealthcare in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic required a balance, providing treatment while minimising exposure risk. Policy for...
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Help-seeking processes related to targeted school-based mental health services: systematic review
BackgroundOne in seven adolescents globally are affected by mental health conditions, yet only a minority receive professional help. School-based...
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Demand and supply analysis for maternal and child health services at the primary healthcare level in Nigeria
BackgroundThe low demand for maternal and child health services is a significant factor in Nigeria's high maternal death rate. This paper explores...
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Health care utilisation two years prior to suicide in Sweden: a retrospective explorative study based on medical records
ObjectivePrevious literature has suggested that identifying putative differences in health care seeking patterns before death by suicide depending on...
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The impact of COVID-19 on healthcare booking and cancellation patterns: time series analysis of private healthcare service utilisation in Finland
BackgroundCOVID-19 has had wide-reaching effects on healthcare services beyond the direct treatment of the pandemic. Most current studies have...
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Gendered health consequences of unemployment in Norway 2000–2017: a register-based study of hospital admissions, health-related benefit utilisation, and mortality
BackgroundThe existing literature indicates that unemployment leads to deteriorated mental and somatic health, poorer self-assessed health, and...
