Presence of Accessible Equipment and Interior Elements in Primary Care Offices

Purpose: To describe the disability accessibility level of primary care office interiors and the presence of accessible examination equipment. Methods: Data from on-site audits of 3993 primary care offices in California for 2013–2016 are descriptively analyzed. Architectural access is assessed using...

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Autores principales: Mudrick, Nancy R., Swager, LeeAnn C., Breslin, Mary Lou
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019
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Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6585465/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31223670
http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2019.0006
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description Purpose: To describe the disability accessibility level of primary care office interiors and the presence of accessible examination equipment. Methods: Data from on-site audits of 3993 primary care offices in California for 2013–2016 are descriptively analyzed. Architectural access is assessed using an instrument based on ADA Accessibility guidelines (ADAAG), along with noting accessibility of examination equipment. Results: Compliance across architectural elements was ∼85%. Accessible examination tables and scales were observed in 19.1% and 10.9% of offices, respectively. Conclusions: Proactive accessibility auditing makes visible the infrequent presence of accessible examination equipment. It offers data for tracking progress to increase medical office disability access.
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spelling pubmed-65854652019-06-20 Presence of Accessible Equipment and Interior Elements in Primary Care Offices Mudrick, Nancy R. Swager, LeeAnn C. Breslin, Mary Lou Health Equity Short Report Purpose: To describe the disability accessibility level of primary care office interiors and the presence of accessible examination equipment. Methods: Data from on-site audits of 3993 primary care offices in California for 2013–2016 are descriptively analyzed. Architectural access is assessed using an instrument based on ADA Accessibility guidelines (ADAAG), along with noting accessibility of examination equipment. Results: Compliance across architectural elements was ∼85%. Accessible examination tables and scales were observed in 19.1% and 10.9% of offices, respectively. Conclusions: Proactive accessibility auditing makes visible the infrequent presence of accessible examination equipment. It offers data for tracking progress to increase medical office disability access. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2019-06-18 /pmc/articles/PMC6585465/ /pubmed/31223670 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/heq.2019.0006 Text en © Nancy R. Mudrick et al. 2019; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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