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This study was conducted to know how the rural people used medical institutions when they got sick. Following are the result which is conducted from November 1 to November 5 in 1985 from the 1266 rural people (282 family). 1. The rate of sick people of the target people was 19.43% and the sick rate of the men was lower (16.37%) than women(22.34%). According to the ages, fifties were highest (44.95%) of all ages and teen ages were lowest of all in the rate of getting sick. The highest period of getting sick was during the last week(38.21%). The frequency of the kind of sick was a disease of a respiratory system(38.21%), a disease of a digestive systen (26.42%), a disease of infection(l0.16%), a disease of the nerve sytem and a sense organ (8.1%) and a disease of skin and under skin(6.5%) among 80% of the sick people. 2. The use of health infrastructure in the use of the target people, most of them used a pharmacy (42.91%), next a private clinic (29.79%) and hospital (17.38%). A few people used a public health center (5.67%). In the use of health frastructure, higher educated people used more than lower educated people, public service personals and business men used more than other persons. Most of the old, lower educated people, farmers and workers used a pharmacy more than hospitals. Geographical canditions and traffic farilities will affect the use of hospital. Consequently, the distribution of the farcilities of medical institutions, the adjustment of medical fee, the enlightenment of the knowledge of public health, the relationship between rural people and public health nurses, will affect the use of hospitals.
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