Perceptions and experiences of access to public healthcare by people with disabilities and older people in Uganda

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mulumba, Moses ^a   Nantaba, Juliana ^a   Brolan, Claire E ^b   Ruano, Ana Lorena ^c   Brooker, Katie ^b   Hammonds, Rachel ^d  

^a Center for Health Human Rights and Development   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Go4Health; Human rights; Millennium development goals; Older persons; Persons living with disabilities; Sustainable development goals; Uganda

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN RIGHTS; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEMATIC MAPPING;

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

KAMWENGE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907776943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-014-0076-4     Document Type: Article

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