Access to health care / edited by Martin Gulliford and Myfanwy Morgan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gulliford, Martin, 1954-

Morgan, Myfanwy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Health services accessibility.

Equality--Health aspects.

Equality.

Medical policy--Social aspects.

Medical policy.

Social medicine.

Physical Description:

ix, 223 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Summary:

To what extent can we have truly universal, comprehensive and timely health services which are equally available to all? Access to Health Care considers the meaning of 'access' in health care and examines the theoretical issues that underpin these questions. Access is considered in both a UK and an international context. The book includes chapters on contrasting health policies in the United States and European Union. Access to Health Care provides health care researchers, as well as health professionals, managers and policy analysts, with a clear and wide-ranging overview of topical and controversial questions in health policy and health services organisation and dellvery.

Contents:

1 Introduction: meaning of 'access' in health care / Martin Gulliford, Jose figueroa-Munoz, Myfanwy Morgan 1

2 Geographical access to health care / Robin Haynes 13

3 Equity and access to health care / Martin Gulliford 36

4 Patients' help-seeking and access to health care / Myfanwy Morgan 61

5 Organisational barriers to access / Roger Beech 84

6 Financial incentives and barriers to access / David Hughes 104

7 Access to health care in the United States / Sarah C. Blake, Kenneth E. Thorpe, Kelly G. Howell 123

8 Access to health care in the European Union: the impact of user charges and voluntary health insurance / Elias Mossialos, Sarah Thomson 143

9 Access to dental services / Barry Gibson 174

10 Evaluation and access / Myfanwy Morgan, Martin Gulliford, Meryl Hudson 189

11 Reform, rationing and choice in a changing context / Martin Gulliford, Myfanwy Morgan 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415275458

0415275466

OCLC:

51983761