Predictors of unmet needs among people with diabetes mellitus type 2 in Gampaha district of Sri Lanka

Nimali Widanapathirana, Rajitha Wickremasinghe, Susie Perera, Martin McKee, Benjamin Palafox and Dina Balabanova

PLOS Global Public Health, 2024, vol. 4, issue 10, 1-15

Abstract: Diabetes mellitus is a significant contributor to the disease burden in Sri Lanka. Despite government efforts to improve access to care for those with chronic illness, major gaps remain. We assessed the prevalence and correlates of unmet needs among persons with diabetes mellitus type 2 to inform policies on improving healthcare access in a predominantly tax-funded public healthcare system. A descriptive cross-sectional study identified 401 persons with diabetes mellitus type 2 using a multi-stage cluster sampling method from 1767 individuals aged 40–69 from the Gampaha district, just north of the capital Colombo. An interviewer-administered questionnaire gathered data on unmet needs for physician care, medicines, and investigations during the preceding year. Associated factors, identified from the health behaviour model, were examined using binomial logistic regression with significance set at p

Date: 2024
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/artic ... journal.pgph.0002462 (text/html)
https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/artic ... 02462&type=printable (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:plo:pgph00:0002462

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002462

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in PLOS Global Public Health from Public Library of Science
Bibliographic data for series maintained by globalpubhealth ().