What could we do to enhance the likelihood of research utilisation?
Lack of education for the mother (adjusted odds ratio (OR): 2.04; 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.56 to 2.66) and her partner (OR: 1.45; 95% CI 1.14 to 1.84), low household wealth status (OR: 5.20; 95% CI 3.93 to 6.90), and rural residence (OR: 2.83; 95% CI 2.22 to 3.66), were associated with increased likelihood of non-utilisation of health facility for childbirth.
This study highlights the need to increase the availability and accessibility of health facilities during pregnancy, delivery and postnatal periods, as utilisation of ANC and delivery services increased the likelihood of postnatal care utilisation.
In addition, recent studies suggest that in some countries education has an independent effect and is more strongly related to the likelihood of health services utilisation than income and employment status[ 18, 19].
Contact with a social worker in the past month was associated with an increased likelihood of GP service utilisation.
Low socioeconomic status, as indexed by low income, and frequent injecting (characterised by injecting at least daily) were associated with a lower likelihood of GP service utilisation, after adjusting for other variables listed in Table 1.
A preference towards one type of care, age or site over another may lead to an increased likelihood of favouring that care setting and a decreased chance of utilisation of other available services.
This lack of compliance would increase the likelihood of future asthma exacerbations, which require utilisation of more expensive emergency treatments.
18 19 With a high-quality dataset covering the whole of the population of Norway, we studied within a multilevel statistical framework, associations between two municipality constructs, LTC and GP utilisation, and individuals' likelihood of being hospitalised as a UMA by age.
Not all the methods of utilisation are appropriate for all situations.
