Background Ensuring access to healthcare is a complex, multi-dimensional health
challenge. Since the inception of the coronavirus pandemic, this challenge is more pressing …

Objectives To review research published before and after the passage of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010) examining barriers in seeking or accessing health …

PURPOSE Access to health care is a long-standing concern for rural patients; however,
administrative measures fail to capture the subjective patient experience of accessing health …

Numerous state and federal programs and policies aim to improve rural health care. This
study compares access to and quality of medical care in urban and rural areas from the …

Background Rurality can contribute to the vulnerability of people with chronic diseases.
Qualitative research can identify a wide range of health care access issues faced by patients …

Objectives Trends over time in the United States show success in rebalancing long-term
services and supports (LTSS) toward increased home-and community-based services …

Background Access to healthcare is a poorly defined construct, with insufficient
understanding of differences in facilitators and barriers between US urban versus rural …

Introduction Latino farmworkers lack access to basic needs, including health care services.
These farmworkers face barriers common to rural areas (eg, limited health services and …

Using a national dataset, the influence of the community and individual provider
characteristics on the availability of healthcare resources in rural areas was evaluated …

We provide a literature review concerning healthcare access for Native Americans in rural
areas. We group previous research around three themes; barriers in rural America; barriers …