Unmet need for primary healthcare and associated individual and household-level factors in Kenya: results from a national survey.
Peter O OtienoFrancis KiroroCynthia RunyenjePauline KamauPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
Our findings show that there is still a considerable unexpressed demand for primary care services despite widespread implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Kenya, with households without a health insurance cover bearing the highest burden. Therefore, the design of UHC reforms in Kenya should focus on embedding social health protection to escalate the demand for primary healthcare services.