Healthcare provider perspectives on inequities in access to care for patients with inherited bleeding disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The ways in which social determinants of health affect patients with inherited bleeding disorders remains unclear. The objective of this study was to understand healthcare provider perspectives regarding access to care and diagnostic delay amongst this patient population.

Methods

A healthcare provider survey comprising 24 questions was developed, tested, and subsequently disseminated online with recruitment to all members of The Association of Hemophilia Clinic Directors of Canada (N = 73), members of the Canadian Association of Nurses in Hemophilia Care (N = 40) and members of the Canadian Physiotherapists in Hemophilia Care (N = 44).

Results

There were 70 respondents in total, for a total response rate of 45%. HCPs felt that there were diagnostic delays

SUBMITTER: Arya S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7032703 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature