Utilization and access to healthcare services among community-dwelling people living with spinal cord injury.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Describe the utilization, accessibility, and satisfaction of primary and preventative health-care services of community-dwelling individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Design

Cross sectional, in-person or telephonic survey, utilizing a convenience sample.

Setting

Community.

Participants

Individuals with SCI greater than 12-months post injury.

Interventions

N/A.

Outcome measures

Demographic, injury related, and 34-item questionnaire of healthcare utilization, accessibility, and satisfaction with services.

Results

The final sample consisted of 142 participants (50 female, 92 male). Ninety-nine percent of respondents had a healthcare visit in the past 12-months with primary care physicians (79%), with SCI physiatrists (77%) and u

SUBMITTER: Hamilton R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5472020 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature