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Determinants of Access to Health Care Among Women in East African Countries: A Multilevel Analysis of Recent Demographic and Health Surveys from 2008 to 2017.

Amare MinyihunZemenu Tadesse Tessema
Published in: Risk management and healthcare policy (2020)
Women in East Africa countries have poor access to maternal health care. Residence, maternal education, husband education, income, and planned pregnancy were the predictors of access to health care. Therefore, there should be a common strategy to enhance the accessibility of health service utilization among women in the region and financial support for the poor that enables women to use health services. For better health care access, increasing the awareness of women and their partners about the significance of utilization of healthcare service focusing on uneducated persons are crucial activities.
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