Dimensions of Health care Access Barriers..

Table 1: Dimensions of Health care Access Barriers.

Dimension of Access barriers [11]	Descriptions	Barriers [12,13]
Affordability-(Financial Access)	Cost and prices of services Household wealth status and the willingness to pay	Health provider charges Opportunity cost Health financing system
Geographic Accessibility	Proximity to the health care facility Provider location	Measures the time taken Distance covered to reach a health facility
Acceptability	Patient’s perception Nature of health care services	Health workers competence Cultural norms Household expectation
Availability	Health workers, drugs and equipment Demand for services	Waiting time Quality of staff Prices and quality drugs Education
Accommodation (Adequacy)	Quality of health care services Health workers	Length of time of operations Availability of wheelchair and ambulatory services