The 'price signal' for health care is loud and clear: A cross-sectional study of self-reported access to health care by disadvantaged Australians.
CONCLUSION: For disadvantaged groups, cost-related barriers to accessing care are prominent and are disproportionately high - particularly regarding dentistry, specialist and GP care.
IMPLICATIONS: Improvements in health outcomes for disadvantaged groups are likely to require strategies to reduce cost-related barriers to health care.
PMID: 26121933 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Paul C, Bonevski B, Twyman L, D'Este C, Siahpush M, Guillaumier A, Bryant J, Fradgley E, Palazzi K Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research
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