Heterogeneity of the influencing factors for farmers'health seeking behavior in suburban and remote areas of counties
Objective To explore the factors influencing farmers'health seeking behaviors in different lo-cations,to help farmers know about their real healthcare needs,and to offer strategic recommendations for an opti-mal distribution of local health resources.Methods Binary logistic regression analysis method was adopted to an-alyze 13 factors obtained from the field survey,covering subjective norms,attitudes towards medical selection,medical policies,hospital conditions,and disease characteristics.Results The factors that had a significant im-pact on health seeking behavior of farmers in suburban areas included personal health seeking experience(OR=5.787),medical expenses(OR=5.532),medical insurance reimbursement ratio(OR=18.080),professional technical level of medical staff(OR=12.661),and perception of common diseases(OR=0.024).In contrast,the factors that had a significant impact on health seeking behavior of farmers in remote areas included the distance between home and hospitals(OR=2.618),medical expenses(OR=2.398),and perception of serious diseases(OR=1.839).Conclusions There is significant difference in the importance of influencing factors for farmers'health-seeking behaviour in different locations,so it is necessary to propose strategies for optimizing grassroots health resources tailored to local conditions to meet farmers'health-seeking needs in different places.
Grassroots health resourcesFarmerHealth seeking behaviorInfluencing factorLocation differentiationMultiple linear regression