A framework for the study of access to medical care.

作者：Lu Ann Aday, Ronald Andersen · 发表于：PubMed · 年份：1974 · 被引用次数：2401 · 研究领域：Healthcare Policy and Management、Primary Care and Health Outcomes、Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Definitions and aspects of the concept of access to medical care are reviewed and integrated into a framework that views health policy as designed to affect characteristics of the health care delivery system and of the population at risk in order to bring about changes in the utilization of health care services and in the satisfaction of consumers with those services. Indicators are suggested for the measurement of the various relevant aspects of access, with the system and population descriptors seen as process indicators and utilization and satisfaction as outcome indicators in a theoretical model of the access concept.