Volume- 4
Issue- 4
Year- 2017
DOI: 10.21276/ijirem.2017.4.4.1 | DOI URL: https://doi.org/10.21276/ijirem.2017.4.4.1 Crossref
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Onukaogu, Daniel, , Chigbu, Njike
Primary care is paramount in the health care sector in both developed and developing countries as this helps to maintain a healthy life style for not only the elderly populace but also plays a huge role in the general health upkeep for the entire population because it is quite economical when compared with other secondary care health providers. Numerous academic works have highlighted that a certain populace that resides in unfair areas have accessibility constraints and as such lag behind in getting medical aid. The overall correlation coefficient results from findings showed an overall weak correlation and that the elderly with 40%-78% in the output area and 26%-41% in the lower super output area have relative fair access to General Practitioner surgeries in Cardiff.
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