Perceived barriers for accessing health services among individuals with disability in four African countries

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Eide, Arne H ^a,e   Mannan, Hasheem ^b   Khogali, Mustafa ^c   Van Rooy, Gert ^d   Swartz, Leslie ^e   Munthali, Alister ^f   Hem, Karl Gerhard ^a   MacLachlan, Malcolm ^b   Dyrstad, Karin ^a  

^a SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c AHFAD UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INADEQUATE DRUG; INADEQUATE EQUIPMENT; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBANIZATION; DISABLED PERSON; FAMILY SIZE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICA; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84930653954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125915     Document Type: Article

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