TITLE:
Factors Associated with Inequalities in Access to Health Care to Mbujimayi (Kasai Oriental/DR Congo)
AUTHORS:
Kabongo Mwamba A. Guillaume, Bukasa Tshilonda J. Christophe, Kankologo Biakulamabo Christine, Mbuyi Kabeya J. Henock, Mbuyi Mishinda Anaclet, Kabambi Bukasa Valentin, Mishika Lukusa Patricia, Mutombo Kabamba André, Wembonyama Okitotshio Stanis
KEYWORDS:
Inequality, Access, Care
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.6 No.10,
October
14,
2019
ABSTRACT: Objective: Mbujimayi like the other African cities where the environmental, social and economic problems, promote the development of urban pathology, several factors limit or promote access to quality health care services especially for slum dwellers. The objective of this study was to analyze factors associated with seeking care in this city. Material and Methods: This study was conducted in 2010 on the therapeutic use in six health zones of the 10 areas that make up the urban medical district of the city with a cross-sectional survey of 386 households. To study the association of different factors, we relied on crosstabs and statistical associations: we connected, one by one, the independent variables to those characterizing the use of care; we evaluated the significance of the statistical relationships subjecting the consequences we assume they induced the chi-square test. The degree of significance of the associations has been indicated by the value of p