HOUSEHOLDS’ THERAPEUTIC BEHAVIOR: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY FOR COTE DIVOIRE
This article seeks to understand the Ivorian health policy and identify factors justifying the choice of the therapeutic route for Ivorian households. Both the public and private sectors ensure the health supply. The health system is hierarchical, with a clear order of precedence for the public health system. Resources are unevenly distributed in the country, focusing on the District of Abidjan. Health coverage ratios are well below international standards. The demand analysis using the discrete choice model reveals that the choice of health care provider is determined by individual and family factors but also by elements related to their living environment, care quality indicators and the health care supply. The financing mechanism of health costs is also decisive in the choice of households.