Barriers to Healthcare Access Among Refugees with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions Resettled in the US Midwest. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 16(4): 733-742.Mirza M, Luna R, Mathews B, et al. Barriers to healthcare access among refugees with disabilities and chronic health...
Chronic conditions and related functional disabilities are highly prevalent among resettled refugees in the United States. There is a need to explore this population's access to appropriate healthcare services in order to identify service disparities and improve interventions. Using a community-based par...
Health service utilization and the presence of financial and nonfinancial barriers to care in the preceding 12 months. Key Results There were 24,905 individuals included in the analysis, representing approximately 230 million US adults. The weighted prevalence of those with a history of PCC was 6.9...
An Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak occurred in North Kivu between 2018 and 2020. This eastern province of the Democratic Republic of Congo was also grappling with insecurity caused by several armed groups. This study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators to utilizing Healthcare Facilitie...
Hospitalized respondents were less likely to report barriers related to availability of care, but not less likely to report financial or help-seeking barriers. Conclusions This study shows that the majority of patients with PCC experiences barriers to healthcare access. Particular attention should be ...
Primary health care (PHC) is the most common model for providing primary care, and PHC services are the most common points of care that immigrants and refugees attend as a first step. Most immigrants travel to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), yet only a few studies have examined ...
Mental health problems are highly prevalent in prison populations. Incarcerated persons generally come from disadvantaged backgrounds and are living under extraordinary conditions while in prison. Their healthcare needs are complex compared to the genera
The review findings address 4 main themes identified in the literature: (1) the influence of physical geography, (2) healthcare provider-related barriers, (3) the importance of culture and language and (4) the impact of systemic factors. The review of the literature enabled us to identify ...
2006). The unique medical, developmental, and behavioral supports needed for this population make it an important group to examine in regard to health care access and quality. A significant amount of recent literature has focused on the identification of disparities with regard to health care ...
This chapter focuses on several domains of physician health and wellness, including general health and clinical preventive care and three preventive health behaviors: nutrition, exercise, and sleep. Within each domain, published data on US physicians are summarized and when possible, data on the US ...