Title: Overcoming barriers to health service access : influencing the demand side

Authors: Ensor, Tim and Cooper, Stephanie

Year: 2004

Journal: Health policy and planning

Volume: 19(2004)2

PAGE: 69--79

Subject: Health and Poverty

Keywords: health services, health information, education, health services research, health economics

Abstract: Evidence suggests that demand-side barriers may be as important as supply factors in deterring patients from obtaining treatment. This paper reviews demand barriers present in low- and middle-income countries and evidence on the effectiveness of interventions to overcome these obstacles.

URL: http://heapol.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/19/2/69.pdf

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