Ecology of healthcare in an urban and rural area of Gampaha district of Sri Lanka: a community-based prospective study on symptom prevalence and healthcare utilization

Abstract Background The 55 million visits to government outpatient departments (OPD) in Sri Lanka in 2014, is estimated to increase to 100 million in 2027. The private OPD visits in 2014 was estimated at 50 million per annum. In primary care, there is a paucity of medical records, research on sympto...

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Main Authors: S. S. Withana, K. Mendis, U. P. Liyanage, S. Nandasena, A. R. Wickremasinghe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2025-08-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-13337-w
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