Accessibility and utilization of healthcare services among diabetic patients:Is diabetes a poor man’s ailment?
作者机构：Department of Educational PsychologyUniversity of JohannesburgJohannesburg 2006GautengSouth Africa Department of Arts EducationUniversity of NigeriaNsukka 41001EnuguNigeria Department of Sociology and AnthropologyUniversity of NigeriaNsukka 41001EnuguNigeria Department of Childhood EducationUniversity of JohannesburgJohannesburg 2006GautengSouth Africa
出 版 物：《World Journal of Diabetes》 (世界糖尿病杂志（英文版）（电子版）)
年 卷 期：2023年第14卷第10期
页 面：1493-1501页
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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
主 题：Accessibility Diabetes Healthcare services Patients Poverty
摘 要：Diabetes is a non-communicable ailment that has adverse effects on the individual’s overall well-being and productivity in *** main objective of this study was to examine the empirical literature concerning the association between diabetes and poverty and the accessibility and utilization of medical care services among diabetic *** diabetes literature was explored using a literature review *** review revealed that diabetes is an ailment that affects all individuals irrespective of socioeconomic status;however,its prevalence is high in low-income ***,despite the higher prevalence of diabetes in developing countries compared with developed countries,diabetes is not a poor man’s ailment because it affects individuals of all *** the number of diabetic patients that access and utilize diabetes medical care services has increased over the years,some personal and institutional factors still limit patients’access to the use of diabetes ***,there is a lacuna in the diabetes literature concerning the extent of utilization of available healthcare services by diabetic patients.
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