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 care and examines the theoretical issues that underpin these questions.
Contributors draw on a range of disciplinary perspectives to investigate key aspects of access, including:
. geographical accessibility of services
. socio-economic equity of access
. patients' help-seeking behaviour
. organisational problems and access
. methods for evaluating access.
Access is considered in both...