Background Access is central to the performance of health care systems around the world.
However, access to health care remains a complex notion as exemplified in the variety of …

To what extent can we have truly universal, comprehensive and timely health services,
equally available to all? Access to Health Care considers the meaning of'access' in health …

Although access to health care is frequently identified as a goal for health care policy, the
precise meaning of access to health care often remains unclear. We present a conceptual …

Facilitating access is concerned with helping people to command appropriate health care
resources in order to preserve or improve their health. Access is a complex concept and at …

Despite some serious past efforts to clarify its multiple dimensions and meanings, access to
health care has remained a rather elusive concept, hampering the work of health care …

The literature in the area of access to health care is large, diverse, and complex. It includes
empirical work using both qualitative and quantitative methods (and a diversity of …

Introduction Countries are working hard to improve access to healthcare through Universal
Healthcare Coverage. To genuinely address the problems of healthcare access, we need to …

Access is defined as the degree of fit between the user and the service; the better the fit, the
better the access. Using the theory developed by Penchansky and Thomas, access is …

Background: Health care access is complex and multi-faceted and, as a basic right,
equitable access and services should be available to all user groups. Objectives: The aim of …

Access is an important concept in health policy and health services research, yet it is one
which has not been defined or employed precisely. To some authors “access” refers to entry …