Barriers in access to healthcare in countries with different health systems. A cross-sectional study in municipalities of central Colombia and north-eastern Brazil

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 204-213

  Garcia Subirats, Irene ^a,b   Vargas, Ingrid ^a   Mogollón Pérez, Amparo Susana ^c   De Paepe, Pierre ^d   da Silva, Maria Rejane Ferreira ^e,f   Unger, Jean Pierre ^d   Vázquez, María Luisa ^a  

^a Health Policy Research Unit   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^f INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Access barriers; Brazil; Colombia; Health care utilization; Healthcare systems; Managed competition; Universal healthcare coverage; Unmet healthcare needs

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SOCIAL STATUS; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAZIL; COLOMBIA;

ACCESS BARRIERS; BRAZIL; COLOMBIA; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS; MANAGED COMPETITION; UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE COVERAGE; UNMET HEALTHCARE NEEDS;

BRAZIL; CITIES; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896823671     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.054     Document Type: Article

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