Unmet healthcare needs, access to services and experiences with health providers among persons with spinal cord injury in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Study design

Cross-sectional survey.

Objectives

Appropriate and timely lifelong access to healthcare following a spinal cord injury (SCI) is critical, yet unmet healthcare needs in this population are common. Poor experiences with healthcare providers can be a barrier to health-seeking behaviour, and we hypothesised that there would be an association between unmet healthcare needs and care experiences. This study aimed to: (1) describe healthcare provider utilisation in the past year, unmet care needs and satisfaction with healthcare services; (2) explore the association between experiences with healthcare providers and unmet healthcare needs; and (3) explore the association between healthcare provider utilisation and participant characteristics, including unmet healthcare n

SUBMITTER: Borg SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11230905 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature