Assessing, characterizing and communicating healthcare barriers
Krobot, K.J.; Kaufman, J.S.; Christensen, D.B.; Preisser, J.S.; Miller, W.C.; Ibrahim, M.A. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2005 · Heft 7 · S. 1 bis 1
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Background and objectives: Knowledge of the existence, position, and magnitude of barriers to equitable healthcare is an important consideration in shaping healthcare policies. We present and exemplify methods that may help augment such research. Methods: Methods were devised, refined or borrowed from allied disciplines including econometry and clinical epidemiology. Specifically, a patient perspective was adopted, longitudinally oriented hurdle models were used, and risk advancement periods were applied in health-care epidemiology. The example is that of migraine, specifically with regard to access to sumatript…
