Asking the right questions: sco** studies in the commissioning of research on the organisation and delivery of health services

S Anderson, P Allen, S Peckham… - Health research policy and …, 2008 - Springer
Sco** studies have been used across a range of disciplines for a wide variety of
purposes. However, their value is increasingly limited by a lack of definition and clarity of …

A literature review of the use of GIS-based measures of access to health care services

G Higgs - Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 2004 - Springer
The increasing availability of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in health
organisations, together with the proliferation of spatially disaggregate data, has led to a …

No body is expendable: Medical rationing and disability justice during the COVID-19 pandemic.

EE Andrews, KB Ayers, KS Brown, DS Dunn… - American …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
The health threat posed by the novel coronavirus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic has
particular implications for people with disabilities, including vulnerability to exposure and …

Access as a policy-relevant concept in low-and middle-income countries

DI McIntyre, M Thiede, S Birch - HealtH economIcs, polIcy and laW, 2009 - cambridge.org
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 …

Inequities in health care utilization by people aged 50+: evidence from 12 European countries

M Terraneo - Social science & medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to describe the magnitude of educational inequities in the use of
health care services, by people aged 50+, in 12 European countries, controlling for country …

[PDF][PDF] Vulnerable groups and access to health care: a critical interpretive review

MD Woods, MD Kirk, MS Agarwal, E Annandale… - … coordinating centre NHS …, 2005 - Citeseer
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 …

Access, choice and travel: implications for health policy

M Exworthy, S Peckham - Social Policy & Administration, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The UK National Health Service is introducing policies offering patients a choice of
the hospital where they would like to be treated.'Patient choice'policies form part of a wider …

A geographical perspective on access to sexual and reproductive health care for women in rural Africa

J Yao, AT Murray, V Agadjanian - Social Science & Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
Utilization of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services can significantly impact health
outcomes, such as pregnancy and birth, prenatal and neonatal mortality, maternal morbidity …

Optimal NHS service delivery to care homes: a realist evaluation of the features and mechanisms that support effective working for the continuing care of older people …

C Goodman, SL Davies, A Gordon, T Dening, H Gage… - 2017 - researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk
The OPTIMAL study argued that it is probable that there are key activities within different
models of health-care provision that are important for residents' health care. Objectives: To …

Socioeconomic differences in healthcare utilization, with and without adjustment for need: an example from Stockholm, Sweden

J Agerholm, D Bruce… - … journal of public …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Aim: Previous studies have shown varying degrees of inequity of utilization of healthcare in
Sweden. Studies based solely on register data cannot take into account differences in health …