@article{Awoyemi:160431,
      recid = {160431},
      author = {Awoyemi, Taiwo Timothy and Omoniwa, A.E.},
      title = {OUT OF POCKET PAYMENTS AND THE UTILIZATION OF HEALTHCARE  SERVICES AMONG FARMERS IN OYO STATE},
      address = {2013},
      number = {309-2016-5170},
      pages = {16},
      year = {2013},
      abstract = {The main question addressed here is the effect of Out of  Pocket Payments on the Utilization of Healthcare Services  among farmers in Oyo State. A multistage random sampling  technique was used to solicit responses from 140 farmers on  the type and degree of utilization of the various types of  healthcare services available to the farmers, the  determinants of Out of Pockets Payments and the factors  influencing the utilization of six classes of healthcare  services. The distance to healthcare services, frequency of  visit by farmers, the quality of treatment, cost of  treatment, the availability of healthcare services, type of  healthcare services and the method of financing healthcare  services were found to significantly affect the utilization  of healthcare services among farmers in Oyo State while  cost of treatment, quality of treatment, distance to  healthcare services and age are the factors determining Out  of Pocket Payments by the farmers. The study therefore  recommends that efforts should be made to provide  accessible primary healthcare service centres such that the  farmers do not have to walk more than 1 km to access  healthcare services. Also, improved healthcare facilities  and competent medical personnel should be provided for the  farmers at little or no cost so as to improve the  utilization rate by farmers who cannot afford medical care.  This will in turn increase the productive capacity of the  farmers thereby increasing the GDP of Oyo state and Nigeria  at large.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/160431},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.160431},
}