TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers to accessing rural paediatric speech pathology services
T2 - Health care consumers' perspectives
AU - O'Callaghan, Anna
AU - McAllister, Lindy
AU - Wilson, Linda
N1 - Imported on 12 Apr 2017 - DigiTool details were: Journal title (773t) = Australian Journal of Rural Health. ISSNs: 1038-5282;
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Objective: An investigation of consumers' perceived barriers to access paediatric speech pathology services. Design: Self-administered, mail-out questionnaire. Setting: Rural and remote New South Wales (NSW). Subjects: Three hundred and twenty-nine members of the NSW branch of the Isolated Children's and Parents' Association. Results: Consumers living in rural and remote areas experience a number of barriers that affected their ability to access speech pathology services. These barriers include the lack, and limited choice, of speech pathologists in rural areas; long distances to travel to access services, expensive travel costs, lack of public transport; poor awareness of speech pathology services; and delays in treatment due to waiting lists. Conclusion: Barriers to access paediatric speech pathology services limit rural and remote consumers' usage of health services, regardless of need, indicating a possible inequity if compared to larger, more accessible urban areas.
AB - Objective: An investigation of consumers' perceived barriers to access paediatric speech pathology services. Design: Self-administered, mail-out questionnaire. Setting: Rural and remote New South Wales (NSW). Subjects: Three hundred and twenty-nine members of the NSW branch of the Isolated Children's and Parents' Association. Results: Consumers living in rural and remote areas experience a number of barriers that affected their ability to access speech pathology services. These barriers include the lack, and limited choice, of speech pathologists in rural areas; long distances to travel to access services, expensive travel costs, lack of public transport; poor awareness of speech pathology services; and delays in treatment due to waiting lists. Conclusion: Barriers to access paediatric speech pathology services limit rural and remote consumers' usage of health services, regardless of need, indicating a possible inequity if compared to larger, more accessible urban areas.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2005.00686.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1440-1854.2005.00686.x
M3 - Article
SN - 1038-5282
VL - 13
SP - 162
EP - 171
JO - Australian Journal of Rural Health
JF - Australian Journal of Rural Health
IS - 3
ER -