dc.contributor.author | Nyambura, Wanyoike Ann | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-12-22T10:17:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-12-22T10:17:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/98297 | |
dc.description.abstract | Access to quality healthcare has been a long term policy issue in Kenya, as well as in
many countries globally; both developed and developing ones alike. The exponential
growth of the private health care sector is a matter of concern to those in policy making
positions. This study therefore intended to find out the determinants of demand for
healthcare services in private hospitals in Kenya. The objectives of the study were to
analyze the trends of utilization of healthcare services in private hospitals in Kenya; and
to establish the determinants of demand for healthcare services in private hospitals in
Kenya. The study explored the determinants of demand by using binary probit regression
model which lies on an interval of between 0 and 1. The study utilized the Kenya
Household Health Expenditure and Utilization Survey of 2013, which consists of
household-based cross sectional survey data on expenditures and utilization of health care
services. The study employed an econometric model to determine their relationships with
demand for health care services from private hospitals. At 5% significance level, the
study revealed that an additional year increased the probability of demand for private
hospital care by 0.0024% holding other factors constant. This means that as one gets
older, the likelihood of using private health facility is high. This may be associated with
either improved quality care, economic status or factors associated with bypassing
hospitals. In addition, the study found that at 1% level of significance, an extra level of
education led to a statistical significance increase in probability of demanding private
hospital care by 5.75% at ceteris paribus. The study indicated that individuals with access
to health information through mass media had high likelihood of increased demand for
private hospital care at 10% level of significance by 2.58% holding other factors
constant | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University Of Nairobi | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.title | Determinants Of Demand For Healthcare Services In Private Hospitals In Kenya | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |