![]() ![]() In particular, analysts have been focusing on analysing if using healthcare is associated with excessive healthcare payments, thus pushing some households below the poverty line. In addition, over the last few decades, experts have been using out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure as an indicator in measuring how well a healthcare system is faring. Most recently, access to healthcare and equity of access to healthcare have also been used as indicators when measuring the performance of healthcare systems. Building on the role that healthcare plays in improving health outcomes, analysts have resorted to using mortality indicators when assessing the performance of health systems. Historically, a few metrics have been used in assessing the performance of national healthcare systems. Focusing on patients in worse health and lower socio-economic status should also be one of the main priorities. Conclusionīased on these findings improving the responsiveness of public healthcare facilities would need to be prioritized. Specifically, we find evidence that Saudi nationals are less satisfied with health services compared to foreign nationals. We also find some evidence that age, gender, and to some extent nationality act as correlates of health system responsiveness. Furthermore, we find that those in bad health tend to show lower levels of satisfaction with inpatient and outpatient care. Over four fifths of respondents are satisfied with the level of inpatient and outpatient responsiveness. Based on a logit modelling approach, the relationship between responsiveness and its key determinants was analysed in terms of healthcare demand and supply. ![]() Using this dataset, we descriptively analysed the level of responsiveness of inpatient and outpatient services (using the standard World Health Organization (WHO) responsiveness dimensions). We analysed data from the Saudi Health Systems Responsiveness survey – a nationally representative survey of 10,000 households interviewed in 2017. An analysis of the determinants of health care demand and supply and how the Saudi health system responds to the needs of patients (inpatient and outpatient) is needed hence the need for this study. Responsiveness is one of the widely used metrics in assessing the performance of healthcare systems. ![]()
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