Health Seeking Practices Of Patient Before Visiting Services Hospital Lahore

Abstract

Health seeking practices are based on ones health belief model. H]ealth care utilization is determined by the organization of the health system. Health system does not merely represent the structures that provide health care but it encompasses various  other  elements  which  constitutes  the system as a whole. These are economic conditions, family systems, social support network, culture forces, environmental conditions, political system and so on, which invariably    affect   the health care seeking patterns.Number of studies show that trends in utilization of a health care system, vary depending on factors such as age, gender,severityof disease, urban or rural habitat, economic status and availability of physical infrastructure type.