A Survey of the Effect of Quality and Cost of Healthcare Services on Health-Seeking Behaviour in Amuwo-Odofin
It is very obvious that individual form a nation. Hence, seeing health as a vital component of our welfare, access to good healthcare is a prerequisite to attaining lasting economic growth both sustainable and prosperous. A cross-sectional study design with a qualitative approach was used in this study. The administered questionnaires were by systematic technique to collect data from 305 participants in Amuwo-Odofin, Mile-2. The research employed both descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (chi-square tests). The data collected was analyzed using the SPSS version27. The findings showed that there is significant association between cost of healthcare services and health-seeking behavior (p-value < 0.05). Also, there is significant association between quality of healthcare received and health-seeking behavior (p-value <0.05). The findings also indicated that there is significance association between standard of living and health-seeking behavior (p-value < 0.05). Based on the study, health-seeking behaviors depend on the cost of health services, the quality of health services, and the individual standard of living. This means people living in poverty are more likely to experience adversity in seeking for quality of health services. There is need for government intervention to enhance high quality of healthcare services at a reduced cost.
Authors
- Temitope Olufunmilayo Alakija
- A Idris
- L.A Adeniji
- F.O Bakre
- L.K. Ndubuisi
Publication Details
- Journal
- International journal of research and scientific innovation
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.51244/ijrsi.2025.1215000102p
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00