Economic and sociocultural factors also influence patterns of utilisation, as do features of healthcare delivery systems such as waiting times, opening hours, human resources, commodities and bureaucratic factors [ 39, 44].
Examinations of the use of economic evaluations and Health Technology Assessments (HTAs) in policy-making have considered the importance of the quality, reliability, timeliness and comprehensiveness of research in influencing the level of utilisation [ 62- 67].
Based on the above reflections, our study has two main objectives: The first objective is to determine which variables concerning the family caregiver's point of view influence the utilisation of support groups.
Although there are studies about the effectiveness of day care [ 5], the question of which factors influence the utilisation of day care has remained mostly unanswered in publications to date.
The question of which factors influence the utilisation of support groups has remained unanswered in publications to date.
There has been considerable analysis, both in reviews [ 11, 37, 38] and in primary studies [ 39], of the many factors that influence the utilisation of health research.
The findings portray the levels of use, the impact of CIS use, and the factors that influence the utilisation of the CISs in both countries.
Other socio-economic factors, like patients' disposable income, level of education and access to healthcare, also influence the utilisation of pharmaceutical treatments [11].
14 15 A number of factors operating as a complex, interacting system are thought to influence the utilisation of research along this pathway.
Binary logistic regression analysis was carried out to ascertain which variables significantly influence the utilisation of support groups.
