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This study examines multidimensional social supports as predictors of health services utilization among community-dwelling older Ghanaians. Using data from a 2016/2017 Aging, Health, Psychological Wellbeing and Health-Seeking Behavior Study (N = 1,200), Poisson regression models estimated the associations of aspects of informal social support and health facility utilization among older people. Findings suggest that regular contacts with family/close friends (odds ratio [OR] = 1.299; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.111, 1.519]), social participation (OR = 1.021; 95% CI = [1.140, 1.910]), and remittances from adult children (OR = 1.091; 95%CI = [1.086, 1.207]) were associated with increased health services utilization with some gender variations. Having caregivers increased health care use generally (OR = 1.108; 95% CI = [1.016, 1.209]) and among men (OR = 1.181; 95% CI = [1 …