Availability and affordability of diabetes healthcare services associated with the frequency of diabetes-related complications
The results indicate that increased physical accessibility (availability) and economic accessibility (affordability) of healthcare services are associated with fewer diabetes-related complications. Therefore, policymakers and healthcare managers need to reduce diabetes-related complications by implementing schemes to increase patient access to diabetes treatment services.
Authors
- Mark Damian Griffiths (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524)
- Hamidreza Ghafelehbashi
- Sima Hashemipour (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7659-1711)
- Mehran Alijanzadeh
- Leila Modarresnia
- Zainab Alimoardi
- Fereshteh Attaran
- Samira Saremi
Institutions
- Nottingham Trent University (GB)
- Qazvin University of Medical Sciences (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-12065-x
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.62
Funders
- Qazvin University of Medical Sciences