Socio-demographic Factors associated with Health-Seeking Behaviour and Clinical Outcomes among Patients attending Health Insurance Facility of a Teaching Hospital in Southwestern Nigeria.

Background: Inappropriate health-seeking behaviour has been associated with unfavourable health outcomes. This study determined the association between socio-demographic characteristics and health-seeking behaviour and the association between health-seeking behaviour and health outcomes of patients attending the health insurance clinic of a tertiary hospital.

Methods: The study was carried out between July and November 2021, involving patients who attended the NHIS clinic, of Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, between 2009 and 2018.