Access barriers to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Zimbabwe: a case study of Chivhu Hospital

Access to healthcare is one of the basic social goods which ensures that individuals lead healthy and long lives. There is an increased need towards ensuring access to health care for all, which has led to the question of how access is defined. Access in this study is defined as the degree of fit between the health care system and patients. It involves an interaction between the system and patients in a way which removes access barriers to care. A comprehensive framework was used to measure access in this study. The framework allows for a systematic approach to the concept of access and measures access in three dimensions namely affordability, availability and acceptability. Using this framework, the study looked into the factors affecting access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) by patients at Chivhu Hospital in Zimbabwe. Chivhu was chosen because it has a mixed population of urban and rural patients which represents the typical Zimbabwean population. A cross sectional study design was adopted for this study.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Health Economics Unit

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Siduna, Willie

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Cleary, Susan

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12275

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12275