Gender issues in health care needs and utilization of curative care at some localities
- Author:
Dung Viet Truong
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
health
- MeSH:
Delivery of Health Care;
Interpersonal Relations;
Health Services Needs and Demand
- From:Journal of Medical Research
2001;263(9):15-18
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A household sampling survey at 120 communes, 20 districts, 4 provinces with the sample size 4200 households was conducted by well trained school teachers using questionnaire aimed at frequency of illness and health care seeking behavior. Disease pattern was estimated by analysis of record book at CHCs. The authors showed that: Health care need of female is higher than in male. Frequency of illness episode in female population is higher 1.1 to 1.6 times in comparison with male population, it is more obvious at reproductive age (up to 2 times). Females suffered from urogenital diseases 3 times often than males. Whereas respiratory, gastrointestinal, OLD and cardiovascular diseases were 1.3 to 1.7 times higher in male group. Women has a tendency of using lower quality services such as self medication (38.7% vs. 25.2%) and using hospital and ICPs less than male (18.1% vs. 23.2%). The data showed that female used CHCs more than male (14.5% vs. 10%).
