use of health care services and associated factors among women.

to estimate the prevalence and analyze factors associated with both public and private health services utilization in women population in a western district of iran.a cross-sectional study with 1200 individuals aged 18-49 years carried out in different districts of sanandaj city, western iran, in 2012. the main outcome variable was use of health service in the previous 12 months. the in-dependent variables were age, education level, place of residence, marital and pregnancy status, household wealth, oc-cupation and duration time of employment, and rating of quality of health services.the prevalence of public and private health services utilization were 60.8% [95%ci: 57.8, 63.8] and 53.8% [95%ci: 50.8%, 56.8%], respectively (p=0.001). after controlling other investigated factors using logistic regression; the academic educational level (or=1.36, 95%ci: 1.03, 1.80; or=1.76, 95%ci: 1.33, 2.33), residents of urban (or=1.65, 95%ci: 1.10, 2.47; or=1.60, 95%ci: 1.10, 2.42), pregnancy status (or=2.38, 95%ci: 1.60, 3.55; or=2.36, 95%ci: 1.61, 3.47), and high level of quality of health services (or=1.61, 95%ci: 1.15, 2.27; or=1.70, 95%ci: 1.20, 2.40) were found to be predictors of utilization of both public and private health care respectively. there was also statistically relation between high level of household wealth (or=3.01, 95% ci: 2.00, 4.57) and private health services utilization.prevalence of health services utilization varied according to the individual and social factors of popula-tion studied. present study emphasizes the need to develop care models that focus on the characteristics and demands of the subjects.