Assistive technology, information asymmetry and the role of brokerage services: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Access to assistive technologies (ATs) is a human right for people with disabilities, but there are a range of barriers, including lack of adequate information. This review aimed to explore the implications of information asymmetry on the delivery of AT and to investigate if there are effective and equitable ways of providing AT brokerage services to people needing AT.

Design

Scoping review.

Data sources

EBSCO Medline, EBSCO Cinahl, Academic Search Ultimate, Business Source Ultimate, Proquest Central, Scopus, Web of Science, PsychINFO, EconLit and JSTOR were searched through 18 July 2021.

Eligibility criteria

Intervention and observational studies and articles directly related to information asymmetry and brokerage in the context of AT were included.

SUBMITTER: D'Cunha NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9806033 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature