Mohammad Hamiduzzaman|Anita De Bellis|Wendy Abigail|Evdokia Kalaitzidis
The Social Determinants of Healthcare Access for Rural Elderly Women - A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies
Flinders University|Flinders University|Flinders University|Flinders University
objective review aimed explore analyze social determinants impact rural womens aged 60 years older healthcare access low middle income high income countries methods major healthcare databases including medline medline inprocess psycinfo pubmed proquest web science cinahl eric searched april 2016 august 2016 manual search also conducted rigorous selection process focusing inclusion rural elderly women study population social determinants healthcare access resulted 38 quantitative articles inclusion data extracted summarized studies grouped seven categories upstream downstream social determinants results prevailing healthcare systems combination personal beliefs ideas ageing healthcare identified significant determinants socioeconomic cultural determinants also statistically significant negative impact access healthcare services especially developing countries conclusion potentially improvements healthcare access achieved consideration rural elderly womens overall status including healthcare needs socioeconomic determinants cultural issues rather simply establishing healthcare centers