Access to healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa: Bad at any time, worse during COVID-19?

South African Family Practice

 
 
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Title Access to healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa: Bad at any time, worse during COVID-19?
 
Creator McKinney, Emma L. McKinney, Victor Swartz, Leslie
 
Subject Disability Studies; primary healthcare; family medicine; education disability; healthcare access; equity; discrimination; South Africa; COVID-19; health systems research; human rights.
Description People with disabilities, especially those living in low- and middle-income countries, experience significant challenges in accessing healthcare services and support. At times of disasters and emergencies, people with disabilities are further marginalised and excluded. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, many people with disabilities are unable to access healthcare facilities, receive therapeutic interventions or rehabilitation, or gain access to medication. Of those who are able to access facilities, many experience challenges, and at times direct discrimination, accessing life-saving treatment such as intensive care unit admission and ventilator support. In addition, research has shown that people with disabilities are at higher risk of contracting the virus because of factors that include the need for interpersonal caregivers and living in residential facilities. We explore some of the challenges that people with disabilities residing in South Africa currently experience in relation to accessing healthcare facilities.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2021-07-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Qualitative research
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/safp.v63i1.5226
 
Source South African Family Practice; Vol 63, No 1 (2021): Part 3; 5 pages 2078-6204 2078-6190
 
Language eng
 
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https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5226/6821 https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5226/6822 https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5226/6823 https://safpj.co.za/index.php/safpj/article/view/5226/6824
 
Coverage South Africa 2000-2020 People with disabilities
Rights Copyright (c) 2021 Emma L. McKinney, Victor McKinney, Leslie Swartz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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