Healthcare Seeking Behavior among Urban and Rural Households

Health care seeking behaviour is influenced by the single personality, diseases, and the simple use and access of health services. Healthcare seeking behaviour states that treatment is pursued from a number of different sources and identifies price, access, service quality and belief as critical factors in decision-making. Dependent on these factors health care seeking behaviour is a composite outcome of many factors functioning at several levels like socioeconomic and cultural factors that influence their seeming needs and demand. We compared health care seeking behavior at household levels between urban and rural Esera Woreda Dawro Zone, Southwest Ethiopia. Methods: A community based comparative cross sectional study was conducted among urban and rural households in Esera Woreda Dawro Zone, Southwest Ethiopia from February to May 2015. Total of 394 households (132-urban, 262-rural), selected via simple random sampling technique, were proportionately distributed. Health care seeking behavior was higher among urban households (80.7%) than rural households (48.1%).Urban households sought four times more likely than rural households.