From: Access to specialty healthcare in urban versus rural US populations: a systematic literature review
Dimensions | % of total studies, (n) | % of urban, (n) | % of rural, (n) | % of both, (n) | References |
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System-centric | |||||
 Approachability | 4.5 (3) | 3.9 (1) | 4.6 (1) | 5.3 (1) | 29–31 |
 Acceptability | 1.5 (1) | – | 4.6 (1) | – | 32 |
 Avail. & accommodation | 47.8 (32) | 15.4 (4) | 68.2 (15) | 68.4 (13) | 32,33,42–51,34,52–61,35,62,63,36–41 |
 Affordability | 11.9 (8) | 7.7 (2) | 27.3 (6) | – | 30,32,43,64–68 |
 Appropriateness | 16.4 (11) | 7.7 (2) | 27.3 (6) | 15.8 (3) | 31,40,72,43,49,65–67,69–71 |
Patient-centric | |||||
 Ability to perceive | 14.9 (10) | 26.9 (7) | 13.6 (3) | – | 29,34,68,71,73–78 |
 Ability to seek | 1.5 (1) | 3.9 (1) | – | – | 44 |
 Ability to reach | 10.5 (7) | 11.5 (3) | 13.6 (3) | 5.3 (1) | 29,31,34,73,79–81 |
 Ability to pay | 9.0 (6) | 15.4 (4) | 9.1 (2) | – | 29,68,71,78,80,82 |
 Ability to engage | 9.0 (6) | 15.4 (4) | 4.6 (1) | 5.3 (1) | 68,71,78,83–85 |
New | |||||
 Government/insurance | 13.4 (9) | 7.7 (2) | 27.3 (6) | 5.3 (1) | 37,38,67,68,72,86–89 |
 Health organization | 9.0 (6) | 15.4 (4) | – | 10.5 (2) | 33,72,90–93 |
 Stigma | 7.5 (5) | 11.5 (3) | 9.1 (2) | – | 34,67,68,76,93 |
 Primary care & specialist | 10.5 (7) | 11.5 (3) | 4.6 (1) | 15.8 (3) | 40,67,69,72,76,94,95 |