Annamária Uzzoli|Zoltán Egri|Dániel Szilágyi|Viktor Pál
Does better availability mean better accessibility? Spatial inequalities in the care of acute myocardial infarction in Hungary
Centre for Economic and Regional Studies|Geographical Institute|Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences|Institute for Regional Studies|Magyar Agrár- és Élettudományi Egyetem|Hungarian Central Statistical Office|University of Szeged
availability health care services important issue however improving availability health care services necessarily mean better accessibility everybody main aim study find better availability care acute myocardial infarction vary accessibility patients geographical location within hungary applied statistical analysis interview techniques unfold role spatiality conditions access health care results statistical analysis indicate significant health inequalities hungary decreasing national mortality rates acute myocardial infarction coupled increasing spatial inequalities within country especially microregional level according indepth interviews local health care stakeholders defined factors support access health care well important barriers supporting factors related improvement availability ie infrastructural developments geographical distance lack material human resources low level health literacy proved relevant barriers main conclusion barriers accessibility availability spatial also based individual stages acute myocardial infarction care development cardiac catheter centres hungary improved shortterm chances infarction survival longterm survival chances worsened recent years due deficiencies rehabilitation care well low level health literacy