Abstract:
This research is a cross-sectional study designed to find out health service. social welfare or health insurance utilizes. The opinions of those users are identified in this study. The samples are 1000 household leaders or representatives of the families. The multi-stage sampling is employed to identify the samples from Eastern region. The questionnaire is constructed, tested for validity and used. The analysis of data is done by using frequencies. percentage and Chi-square test. The results of the study are shown as follows: It was found that the number of people who used health service for themselves including taking others to receive the services at the provincial health level were more than 50% and 40% respectively which higher than lower health facilities. In addition, less than 15% of the sample reported using health service out of their zone, 30.5% held health card 25.4% had children health card and 1.7% had low income cards. The people who had welfare or health insurance benefits had shown their best opinions toward public health services at every level on travel convenience and less time consuming. Good opinions had on clean areas and environmental surroundings of those facilities. Fair opinions were on treatment cost, medicine quality, treatment result, and referring. The comparison of the people who had welfare or health insurance benefit and who had none the result showed a statistically significant difference at level < 0.05 toward moderm equipments, treatment cost, medicine quality, treatment result, referring, procedure on delivery service and waiting time The people on every educational levels had reflected their best and good opinions toward the health centers in short waiting time simple procedure on delivery service, less time travel consuming and convenience, neat and clean areas. The best and good opinions toward the provincial health levels were on travel vonvenience, physician and patient relationship. The comparison between each level of education of the service users. the results had shown a statistical significant difference at level < 0.05 that low educated people differ from high educated people on the categories of treatment cost, prolonged treatment, nurse/staff and patient relationship including environmental surroundings of health service facilities. The difference opinions toward the community hospitals were found on the success of cure, referring and clean hospitals. The difference opinions toward the health centers were on staff and patient relationship. The people on every level of income expressed their best and good opinions toward the health centers in the area of short waiting time,simple service procedure. travel convenience and save time, clean area,good staff and patient relationship and good environment surroundings. The best and good opinions toward the provincial health services were on travel convenience, nurse/staff and patient relationship, modern equipment, clean area and good environment surroundings. The comparison of health consumers who had debt and those who had no debt, the statistical significant difference was shown was shown at level < 0.05 on the aspects of treatment cost, medicine quality,treatment result and time travel consuming. Moreover, the difference opinions toward the community hospitals wear found on the aspects of treatment cost, medicine quality, treatment result and modern equipments. Thus, the results of study suggest that the initiation for problem solving should be started by using the finding opinions that reflected in this study.