Accessibility to Health Care Facilities

A Panacea for Sustainable Rural Development in Osun State Southwestern, Nigeria

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5222479
AutoresOlayinka Ajala (0000-0002-7999-3986, Institute of Geography), O A Ajala (Department of Geography and), Lekan Sanni (Department of Geography and), A Adeyinka, Samson Ajibola Adeyinka (Obafemi Awolowo University)
Año2005
Volumen18
Número2
Páginas121-128
Fecha de publicación2005-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608
EditorialKamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/09709274.2005.11905819
OpenAlexW2181296950
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas4

Accessibility to health care facilities has been identified as a major indicator of development. The importance of adequate health care facilities in providing sustainable rural development can therefore not be over-emphasized. Convergence of opinions agreed that lack of basic health care facilities have led to inefficiency in production, declining productivity, reduced life expectance and increased infant mortality rate. In this paper we examine accessibility of people to healthcare facility especially in rural areas. Our findings indicate that the available healthcare facilities are grossly inadequate and their distribution depicts serious inequality. We conclude that there is an urgent need for serious intervention on the part of the government in the provision of health care facilities in the state focused on equitable distribution and accessibility to enhance sustainable rural development

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Health care · Inefficiency · Political science · Productivity · Rural area · Sustainable development · Global Health Care Issues · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Urban and Rural Development Challenges