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Insights into Gender-Equity in Healthcare Accessibility in Northern Nigeria

Domaine:

healthcaresocioeconomic

Type de record:

paper
Créateur:
OlaYinAkiTre
Éditeur:
Ola
Éditeur:
Cod
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This work considered regions in Northern Nigeria and carried out analyses on data on healthcare accessibility, while taking individual characteristics (gender inclusive), socio-economic status, and healthcare equity into consideration. Descriptive analysis (using Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlation coefficients) and predictive analysis (using CATBoost, Random Forest, and Support Vector Machine models) were done on the data. The descriptive analysis revealed that women with lower income and education levels, and the elderly have a higher chance of accessing healthcare services compared to male and non-binary gender, while the predictive analysis revealed that, using machine learning models, it is possible to predict an individual’s accessibility to healthcare services with up to 81% accuracy.