Identifying health care access barriers in southern rural Ecuador.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to professional health care providers in Loja Province, Ecuador can be difficult for many citizens. The Health Care Access Barrier Model (HCAB) was established to provide a framework for classification, analysis, and reporting of modifiable health care access barriers. This study uses the HCAB Model to identify barriers and themes impacting access to health care access in southern rural Ecuador.

Methods

The research team interviewed 22 participants and completed 15 participant observation studies in the study area. Interviews and a single focus group session of artisans were recorded and transcribed from Spanish to English, and thematic analysis was performed.

Results

The thematic analysis found financial, structural, and cognitive health care access

SUBMITTER: Brusnahan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9027412 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature