Defining and Targeting Health Care Access Barriers
Publication/Presentation Date
5-2011
Abstract
The impact of social and economic determinants of health status and the existence of racial and ethnic health care access disparities have been well-documented. This paper describes a model, the Health Care Access Barriers Model (HCAB), which provides a taxonomy and practical framework for the classification, analysis and reporting of those modifiable health care access barriers that are associated with health care disparities. The model describes three categories of modifiable health care access barriers: financial, structural, and cognitive. The three types of barriers are reciprocally reinforcing and affect health care access individually or in concert. These barriers are associated with screening, late presentation to care, and lack of treatment, which in turn result in poor health outcomes and health disparities. By targeting those barriers that are measurable and modifiable the model facilitates root-cause analysis and intervention design.
Volume
22
Issue
2
First Page
562
Last Page
575
ISSN
1548-6869
Published In/Presented At
Carrillo, J., Carrillo, V., Perez, H., Salas-Lopez, D., Natale-Pereira, A., & Byron, A. (2011). Defining and targeting health care access barriers. Journal Of Health Care For The Poor And Underserved, 22(2), 562-575. doi:10.1353/hpu.2011.0037
Disciplines
Medical Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
21551934
LVHN link
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mnh&AN=21551934&site=ehost-live&scope=site
Peer Reviewed for front end display
Peer-Reviewed
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Department of Medicine Faculty
Document Type
Article