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Gerokomos
Print version ISSN 1134-928X
Abstract
TAPIA, Julieta de et al. Barriers to access according to the stages of the health care process for the elderly. Gerokomos [online]. 2023, vol.34, n.3, pp.183-187. Epub Mar 04, 2024. ISSN 1134-928X.
Objective:
To identify the barriers in access to health care for the elderly and associate them with each of the stages of the process of access to health goods and services.
Methodology:
A narrative review of the literature was carried out between 2005 and 2017 in Spanish, English and Portuguese in the PubMed, LILACS, SciELO and Redalyc databases.
Results:
Economic, physical-geographical, socio-cultural and administrative-organizational barriers were identified with different intensity according to the stage of the care process in question.
Conclusions:
This research may be useful for the design of instruments that serve as a management tool for those who intend to improve equity in access to health services for the aging population.
Keywords : Health care quality; access; and evaluation to the health services; aged.
