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Barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in Germany
For older and very old women in rural areas, the long distances involved and the limited availability of services can make accessing general practitioners and specialist physicians difficult. Based on data from the recent wave of the German Health Update (GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS), we have analysed the b...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8734118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146267 http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/6067 |
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author | Krause, Laura Dini, Lorena Prütz, Franziska |
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description | For older and very old women in rural areas, the long distances involved and the limited availability of services can make accessing general practitioners and specialist physicians difficult. Based on data from the recent wave of the German Health Update (GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS), we have analysed the barriers to accessing health care for women in the age group 50 years and older in Germany. 21.0% of the women reported having had difficulties getting an appointment for an examination when it was needed during the twelve-month period before the interview. Fewer than 5% of the women reported distance as the reason for delayed medical examinations. Over the course of a one-year period, women in the large cities more frequently had to wait for an appointment for an examination than women in smaller towns. However, women in smaller towns reported more often that an examination had taken place late due to distance. The results are informative for the planning of health care services. |
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spelling | pubmed-87341182022-02-09 Barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in Germany Krause, Laura Dini, Lorena Prütz, Franziska J Health Monit Fact Sheet For older and very old women in rural areas, the long distances involved and the limited availability of services can make accessing general practitioners and specialist physicians difficult. Based on data from the recent wave of the German Health Update (GEDA 2014/2015-EHIS), we have analysed the barriers to accessing health care for women in the age group 50 years and older in Germany. 21.0% of the women reported having had difficulties getting an appointment for an examination when it was needed during the twelve-month period before the interview. Fewer than 5% of the women reported distance as the reason for delayed medical examinations. Over the course of a one-year period, women in the large cities more frequently had to wait for an appointment for an examination than women in smaller towns. However, women in smaller towns reported more often that an examination had taken place late due to distance. The results are informative for the planning of health care services. Robert Koch Institute 2020-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8734118/ /pubmed/35146267 http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/6067 Text en © Robert Koch Institute. All rights reserved unless explicitly granted. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. |
spellingShingle | Fact Sheet Krause, Laura Dini, Lorena Prütz, Franziska Barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in Germany |
title | Barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in Germany |
title_full | Barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in Germany |
title_fullStr | Barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in Germany |
title_full_unstemmed | Barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in Germany |
title_short | Barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in Germany |
title_sort | barriers for women aged 50 years and older to accessing health care in germany |
topic | Fact Sheet |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8734118/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35146267 http://dx.doi.org/10.25646/6067 |
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