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Identifying barriers to emergency care services.

Luk Cannoodt1, Charles Mock, Maurice Bucagu

  • 1General Direction Department, University Hospitals K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. luk.cannoodt@skynet.be

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Financial and non-financial barriers significantly impede access to emergency care services, delaying or preventing life-saving treatment. Addressing these barriers, even with low-cost measures, is crucial for global health equity.

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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Health Services Research
  • Health Economics

Background:

  • Access to emergency care is critical for timely medical intervention.
  • Numerous barriers, both financial and non-financial, hinder patient access to emergency services.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review published evidence on barriers to emergency care.
  • To identify and analyze financial and non-financial obstacles to accessing emergency services.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic literature search using keywords: financial accessibility, barriers, and emergency care services.
  • Selection of relevant citations from PubMed.

Main Results:

  • Forty articles published over 15 years confirm persistent significant barriers to emergency care.
  • Financial barriers are a major factor in delaying or foregoing emergency services in both low- and high-income countries.
  • Non-financial barriers also impede timely access, proper arrival at facilities, and adequate treatment.

Conclusions:

  • Timely access to emergency care remains a global challenge.
  • Low-cost interventions can significantly reduce identified barriers to emergency care.
  • An inventory and implementation of cost-effective measures are urgently needed worldwide.