There is an increasing trend of trans-border migration from Background neighboring countries to Thailand. According to human rights laws, everyone must have access to health services, even if they are from other nationalities. However, a small minority of health personnel in Thailand discriminate against immigrant workers, as they are from a lower financial bracket. . This cross-sectional study...

Background. There is an increasing trend of trans-border migration from neighboring countries to Thailand. According to human rights laws, everyone must have access to health services, even if they are from other nationalities.  However, a small minority of health personnel in Thailand discriminate against immigrant workers, as they are from a lower financial bracket. Methods. This cross-sectio...

background informal payments for health care, which are common in many countries, can have negative effects on health care access, equity and health status as they lead people to forgo or delay seeking care, or to sell assets to pay for care. many countries are putting reforms in place with the aim of reducing informal payments. in order to be successful, such policies should be informed by the...

background & aim: prenatal care is a key strategy for achieving public health goals, primary healthcare objectives, and the millennium development goals. the aim of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the use of prenatal care services in order to design suitable interventions and promote the use of these services. methods:in this systematic quantitative literature review, stud...

OBJECTIVE To examine patterns of access to a variety of specific health care services among people with chronic or disabling conditions, focusing on factors that predict access to services. DESIGN National survey of 800 adults with cerebral palsy (CP), multiple sclerosis (MS), spinal cord injury (SCI), or arthritis. SETTING Respondents were surveyed in the general community. PARTICIPANTS ...

In Access to Health Care in America, 1993, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) defined access to health care as “the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best possible outcomes” (Institute of Medicine, 1993). In this context, personal health services are defined as one-on-one interaction of provider and patient. The Health Care Authority (HCA) for purposes of developing the State H...

Access to quality care is essential for improved health outcomes. Decentralization improves access to healthcare services at lower levels of care, but it does not dismantle structural, funding and programming restrictions to access, resulting in inequity and inequality in population health. Unlike decentralization, Commonization Model of care reduces health inequalities and inequity, dismantles...

PURPOSE To explore poor Edmontonians' access to medical treatment services. METHODS Data were collected during interviews with 130 poor Edmontonians. RESULTS 38% of study participants had failed to obtain physician services when they were sick or bothered by a health problem, and 40% who had been prescribed a medication had not filled the prescription. Participants experienced three main ba...