An Analysis of the Preferences and Utilization of Healthcare Facilities among the Rural Households of Kerala

Abstract

The preferences and the utilization of healthcare systems and facilities among the households, primary data were collected from the Hindu, Muslim and the Christian households of rural Kerala, as a proportion of 110 sample from each community. According to the study, the utilization of the healthcare systems was the proportion of the all pathetic private 42.4 percent, homeopathy public 1.03 percent, homeopathy private 0.6 percent, ayurvedic public 5.1 percent and the ayurvedic private 4.4 percent among the members of the householders of Kerala. That the better care is the most one followed by specialized treatment, near to resident, free services, experienced paramedical staff are the most important variables in the preferences of the utilization of healthcare facilities. There is no significant difference in the utilization healthcare facilities among Hindu with Muslim and the Christian households in the use of general facilities and there is significant difference in Muslim and the Christian Households. In the case of healthcare facilities, there is a significance difference among the Hindu with Muslim and the Christian households and there is no significant difference among the Muslim and the Christian households.