Health care utilization

Health care utilization the use of [health care services]] is affected by a large number of variables. Some of these are structural (eg are the facilities provided, where are they located in relationship to public transport etc), some are administrative (how easy is it to get referred, how efficiently are waiting lists managed etc), some are related to cost (how expensive is it to get an assessment and how expensive is subsequent treatment likely to be etc) as well as those related to peoples health care seeking behavior.