Investigating the Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Access to Emergency Healthcare Transportation Services

Richa Shandilya; Asha Srivastava

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.65221

Investigating the Socio-Economic Factors Influencing Access to Emergency Healthcare Transportation Services

Author(s)	Richa Shandilya, Dr. Asha Srivastava
Country	India
Abstract	The presence of available means of transport specifically designed for medical emergencies affects the quality of medical response at the critical moment, hence, the need for such emergency transport must be addressed promptly as it can be a factor of saving a life. This particular research aims at understanding the sociocultural, socio-demographic, and demographic determinants of emergency healthcare transport accessibility at KGMU, SGPGI of Lucknow, and PGI, and GMCH of Chandigarh/other significant tertiary healthcare centres within the north region of India. Along with primary data and the assistance of Binary Logistic Regression and Chi-square methods, the study aims at analysing the differences pertaining to the lower levels of ambulance utilization, awareness, and readiness to use other means of transportation to obtain a healthcare facility. The scans performed of the data available suggest there are significant differences in the proportion of ambulance use among the hospitals, gender, and age cohorts. The higher educated and married middle aged male respondents were more likely to use ambulances. Universal ambulance awareness ranged appreciably but proportionately, with the highest proportion being aware in GMCH Chandigarh (70%) and the lowest in SGPGI Lucknow (55%). Of the respondents in the survey, the respondents reported barriers to access or use such as restrictions to the physical centre, delay in response, or cost. The result indicated that awareness is the strongest predictor of use and accessibility (OR = 3.15), and limited use (OR = 0.63) due to other private means of transport are quite available. It is striking to note that sixteen percent of respondents were willing to suggest options pertaining to alternative emergency transport. Focusing on economic awareness and improvement post transportation infrastructure along with augmented policy enhancements on the Digital coordination of emergency medical transportation, makes for an interesting finding. Enhanced equal opportunity access and responsiveness through the penetration of intelligent transport systems in the EMS ecosystem in India, can further augmented through structural outreach that incorporates gender-aware systems and social education.
Keywords	Emergency Healthcare Transportation, Socio-Economic Factors, Accessibility, Awareness, Logistic Regression.
Field	Business Administration
Published In	Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On	2025-12-31
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.65221

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