Does stronger primary care improve access to health services for persons with spinal cord injury? Evidence from eleven European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the association between the strength of primary care and perceived access to follow-up care services among persons with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design

Data analysis of the International Spinal Cord Injury (InSCI) cross-sectional, community-based questionnaire survey conducted in 2017-2019. The association between the strength of primary care (Kringos et al., 2003) and access to health services was established using univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis, adjusted for socio-demographic and health status characteristics.

Setting

Community in eleven European countries: France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain and Switzerland.

Participants

6658 adults with

SUBMITTER: Bychkovska O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11378665 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature