Research Article
Health Service Utilization and Its Determinants among Senior Citizens in the Semiurban Area of Western Nepal: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 1
Predisposing factors characteristics of participants.
| Variables | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) |
| Age (n = 293) | 60–69 | 156 | 53.2 | 70–79 | 101 | 34.5 | ≥80 | 36 | 12.3 | Mean = 70.08, SD = 7.618, max = 94 years, min = 60 years | Gender (n = 293) | Female | 154 | 52.6 | Male | 139 | 47.4 | Ethnicity (n = 293) | Upper caste | 187 | 63.82 | Janajati | 59 | 20.13 | Dalit | 39 | 13.31 | Others | 8 | 2.73 | Religion (n = 293) | Hindu | 269 | 91.8 | Buddha | 18 | 6.16 | Muslim | 6 | 2.04 | Marital status (n = 293) | With spouse | 197 | 67.2 | Without spouse | 96 | 32.8 | Educational status (n = 293) | Illiterate | 150 | 51.2 | Able to read and write | 85 | 29.0 | Basic education | 36 | 12.3 | Secondary | 20 | 6.8 | Bachelor and above | 2 | 0.7 | Family type (n = 293) | Joint | 183 | 62.5 | Nuclear | 110 | 37.5 | Residency (n = 293) | Urban | 80 | 27.3 | Semiurban | 213 | 72.7 | Knowledge about the benefit package | Yes | 177 | 60.4 | No | 116 | 39.6 | Know about types of benefit packages | Old age allowance | 177 | 100.0 | Concession in treatment | 70 | 39.5 | Reservation and concession in transportation | 35 | 19.8 | Government-run insurance | 25 | 14.1 |
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