Community health care and hospital attendance: A case study in rural Ghana

Sjoerd Zwart and Henk W. A. Voorhoeve

Social Science & Medicine, 1990, vol. 31, issue 7, 711-718

Abstract: This study assesses the influence of coverage with a network of PHC clinics as well as private clinics in Dormaa District, Ghana on, hospital attendance. This influence is measured by analysing hospital attendance among inhabitants during 6 months in 1984 and 1986. Several conditioning factors are analysed: - -the type of modern health care present in the community and the experience of the community health worker (CHW); - -the distance between community and hospital; - -the time factor (1984 and 1986); - -the sex and age of the attendants; - -the diagnosis made at the hospital. It appears that fewer people attend the hospital if a community participates in the PHC programme and if the CHW is experienced. When people from these communities attend the hospital they do so less unnecessarily than those from other communities. Simple analysis of routine hospital data may contribute to any PHC assessment programme set up around the hospital.

Keywords: community; health; care; programme; evaluation; community; health; worker; hospital; attendance; Ghana (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1990
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