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Barriers for Accessing Assistive Products in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs)
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2023 (English)In: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, ISSN 0926-9630, E-ISSN 1879-8365, Vol. 306, p. 297-302Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

WHO implemented the Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment in 2021. This is a household survey on self-reported use, need and barriers for accessing AT in 35 countries globally. In order to obtain comparable data, all surveys followed guidelines developed by WHO, including national two-stage random sampling of households. The 2021 rATA survey included 32 of a total of 140 LMICs globally. Around 40 % of the total respondents (all countries) estimated travel distance to be <5 km, varying from less than 10 % to almost 60 % among the countries. Around 15 % had to travel more than 50 km, varying from 1.3 % to 37.5 %. More individuals living in rural as compared to urban areas had to travel more than 25 km to get their main assistive product. Gender differences were marginal. By far the most prevalent barrier to access assistive products was "Cannot afford", amounting to 39.9% and varying from 6.7 % to 79.1 % among countries. This was followed by "No support" with 14.3 %, varying from 2.3 % to 36.9 %, and "Not available" with 8.1 %, varying from 1 % to 21.5 %. More barriers were reported in rural than urban areas and women report more barriers than men. Variation between countries in both travel time and barriers is substantial and country-specific service development is needed to guide service development.

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NLM (Medline) , 2023. Vol. 306, p. 297-302
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access, Assistive products, low- and middle-income countries, Developing Countries, Female, Humans, Male, Records, Research Design, Self Report, Self-Help Devices, developed country, human, information processing, methodology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-46892DOI: 10.3233/SHTI230634PubMedID: 37638928Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85168820155OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-46892DiVA, id: diva2:1793926
Available from: 2023-09-04 Created: 2023-09-04 Last updated: 2023-09-04Bibliographically approved

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