Assessment of Access to Health Care Services in Lefke-Guzelyurt Districts, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

This paper examines the assessment of access to healthcare service within Lefke-Gurzelyurt districts of the Turkish Republic of Northern-Cyprus through a cross-sectional study using a household survey selected by geographic area, which was selected purposively according to their distance from the facility. Assessment of access to healthcare took dimension in the forms of Availability, Affordability, Accessibility, Adequacy, and Appropriateness. Chi-Square and a between ANOVA test were used to determine the association between population characteristics with the different variables of access, which indicate that age, gender, the ability of the household to make earns meet and last contact with health facility were statistically significant and nationality less significant. Descriptive Statistics provide simple summaries about the population sample, which also shows that access to healthcare within the districts seems moderate or near perfect.