Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

Isaac Adisah-Atta

Publications

• Short Commentary
  Better or Worse? Despite Progress, Many Africans Still Finds It Difficult in Accessing Health Care: A Comparative Analysis of Eight African Countries
  Author(s): Isaac Adisah-Atta and Henry Ofori DuahIsaac Adisah-Atta and Henry Ofori Duah
  
  Citizens’ perceptions in this analysis suggest a number of barriers to health-care access and utilization across the eight African countries studied. On average across 8 countries, Afrobarometer fieldworkers found health clinics in 60% of all survey enumeration areas (EAs). Almost half (17%) of the surveyed countries say they or a family member had to go without medicine or medical care at least once in the year preceding the survey. Among those who accessed health care during the previous year, (31%) found it “difficult” or “very difficult” to get the care they needed. Across the 8 countries, close to half (46%) of citizens say their government is performing “fairly badly” or “very badly” in improving basic health services. In all the 8 countries, only 10% of the citizens say their government is performing very well. In all the 8 .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7420.1000299

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