Access to specialty healthcare in urban versus rural US populations: a systematic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to healthcare is a poorly defined construct, with insufficient understanding of differences in facilitators and barriers between US urban versus rural specialty care. We summarize recent literature and expand upon a prior conceptual access framework, adapted here specifically to urban and rural specialty care.

Methods

A systematic review was conducted of literature within the CINAHL, Medline, PubMed, PsycInfo, and ProQuest Social Sciences databases published between January 2013 and August 2018. Search terms targeted peer-reviewed academic publications pertinent to access to US urban or rural specialty healthcare. Exclusion criteria produced 67 articles. Findings were organized into an existing ten-dimension care access conceptual framework where possible,

SUBMITTER: Cyr ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6921587 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature