Table 1.

Factors suggested to affect an individual’s health care utilization; adopted from Andersen’s behavior model [17].

Predisposing Factors	Enabling/Impeding Factors	Perceived Need
Age*	Health System	Duration of epilepsy*
Sex*	Distance to facility*	Type of therapy*
Ethnicity*	Cost to travel to facility	Seizure frequency*
Education level*	Perceived skill of staff	Seizure type*
Labor status*	Availability of ASMs	Neurological deficit*
Learning difficulties*
Union Status*	Personal/Family
Residency status*	Kin availability*
Socio-economic status*	Mother/partner availability*

^*Examined in this study.