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## Abstract Although the distance factor has been identified as key in the utilization of health services in rural areas of developing countries, it has been analysed without recourse to related factors of travel time and transport cost. Also, the influence of distance on vulnerable groups in utilization has not been an object of survey by researchers. This paper addresses the impact of distance on utilization, and how distance compares with travel time and transport cost that are related to it in the utilization of health services in the Ahafo‐Ano South (rural) district in Ghana. The study, a cross‐sectional survey, also identifies the position of distance among other important factors of utilization. A sample of 400, drawn through systematic random technique, was used for the survey. Data were analysed using the regression model and some graphic techniques. The main instruments used in data collection were formal (face‐by‐face) interview and a questionnaire. The survey finds that distance is the most important factor that influences the utilization of health services in the Ahafo‐Ano South district. Other key factors are income, service cost and education. The effect of travel ti

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Author

Daniel Buor

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0749-6753)

Published

2003

Language

EN

Field

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Social Sciences)