Barriers and facilitators of healthcare access for long COVID-19 patients in a universal healthcare system: qualitative evidence from Austria
The findings of this study indicate a call for action to improve the long COVID-19 situation in Austria by empowering both providers and patients via increased information offerings, strengthened interdisciplinary treatment structures and telemedicine offerings as well as research funding. Our insights on potentially relevant socioeconomic and demographic drivers in access barriers lay the necessary foundation for future quantitative inequality research.
Authors
- Kathryn Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8760-4250)
- Stefanie Kirchner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3908-3600)
- Susanne Mayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4448-0478)
- Judit Simon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9279-8627)
- Agata Łaszewska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6689-3708)
- Peter Gamillscheg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-4286-2285)
Institutions
- Warneford Hospital (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Medical University of Vienna (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2024-10-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02302-4
- Citations
- 18
- Primary Topic
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.64
Funders
- Universität Wien
- Medizinische Universität Wien