Income level and healthcare utilization in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria
Throughout the world, socio-economic status differentials of individuals have a lot of influence on privileges and opportunities enjoyed by society members. The different social and economic positions of individuals and income levels oftentimes hinder them from effective use of health care facilitie...
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| author | Esther P. Archibong Glory E. Bassey Brown E. Isokon Rosemary Eneji |
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| description | Throughout the world, socio-economic status differentials of individuals have a lot of influence on privileges and opportunities enjoyed by society members. The different social and economic positions of individuals and income levels oftentimes hinder them from effective use of health care facilities. It is against this background, that the study was designed to investigate income differentials and its influence on utilization of healthcare services among the people of Calabar Metropolis in Cross River State, Nigeria. Relevant body of literature were reviewed and survey design method was adopted. The instruments used were the questionnaire, interview and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). A sample of 360 respondents was selected using a multi-stage sampling procedure for the study. Data was presented using simple percentage calculation while Chi-Square and ANOVA statistical tool was used to test and ascertain the relationship between income level and healthcare services usage at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that level of income and occupational status of individual influence health care service utilization among people in Calabar Metropolis. At the end of the study, several recommendations were made among which were a general improvement of socio-economic status of the people in areas of availability and compulsory education, employment opportunities as well as equitable distribution of income and minimizing cost of health care services for effective and equal utilization. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ee1fe5c7005b45e2b43c667544970c9d2022-12-21T20:08:18ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402020-09-0169e04983Income level and healthcare utilization in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, NigeriaEsther P. Archibong0Glory E. Bassey1Brown E. Isokon2Rosemary Eneji3Department of Social Work, University of Calabar, Nigeria; Corresponding author.Department of Social Work, University of Calabar, NigeriaDepartment of Social Work, University of Calabar, NigeriaDepartment of Sociology, University of Calabar, NigeriaThroughout the world, socio-economic status differentials of individuals have a lot of influence on privileges and opportunities enjoyed by society members. The different social and economic positions of individuals and income levels oftentimes hinder them from effective use of health care facilities. It is against this background, that the study was designed to investigate income differentials and its influence on utilization of healthcare services among the people of Calabar Metropolis in Cross River State, Nigeria. Relevant body of literature were reviewed and survey design method was adopted. The instruments used were the questionnaire, interview and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). A sample of 360 respondents was selected using a multi-stage sampling procedure for the study. Data was presented using simple percentage calculation while Chi-Square and ANOVA statistical tool was used to test and ascertain the relationship between income level and healthcare services usage at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that level of income and occupational status of individual influence health care service utilization among people in Calabar Metropolis. At the end of the study, several recommendations were made among which were a general improvement of socio-economic status of the people in areas of availability and compulsory education, employment opportunities as well as equitable distribution of income and minimizing cost of health care services for effective and equal utilization.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020318260IncomeUtilizationHealthcareServicesSocioeconomicCommunity |
| spellingShingle | Esther P. Archibong Glory E. Bassey Brown E. Isokon Rosemary Eneji Income level and healthcare utilization in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria Heliyon Income Utilization Healthcare Services Socioeconomic Community |
| title | Income level and healthcare utilization in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_full | Income level and healthcare utilization in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Income level and healthcare utilization in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Income level and healthcare utilization in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_short | Income level and healthcare utilization in Calabar Metropolis of Cross River State, Nigeria |
| title_sort | income level and healthcare utilization in calabar metropolis of cross river state nigeria |
| topic | Income Utilization Healthcare Services Socioeconomic Community |
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