Siobhan D Thomas, Robert King, Mike Murphy, Maria Dempsey
Demographic factors associated with healthcare avoidance and delay in the transgender population: Findings from a systematic review
Dialogues in health
despite widespread efforts many countries reduce prevalence unmet healthcare needs within populations remains scarcity research systematically exploring components needs study aims deconstruct subjective unmet healthcare needs two distinct components experience subjective healthcare needs needs component experience unmet needs contingent healthcare needs unmet component analysis utilizes data 13359 adults aged 19 older collected 2018 korea health panel survey aim minimizing influence coronavirus disease 19 pandemic two dependent variables experience subjective healthcare needs whether needs met independent variables include 15 sociodemographic health functional characteristics study employs population proportion analysis multivariable bivariate probit model sample selection south korea 116 ci confidence interval 110123 population experienced subjective unmet healthcare needs upon deconstructing 967 ci 962971 population exhibited needs component 120 ci 114127 displayed unmet component independent variable showed different associations two components furthermore effective interventions targeting characteristics associated component could reduce proportion population experiencing subjective unmet healthcare needs 116 40 south korea faces significant challenge due considerable prevalence subjective unmet healthcare needs address challenge effectively universal healthcare coverage system adapt approach based characteristics associated needs unmet components subjective unmet healthcare needs achieve goal highly recommended government prioritize strengthening communitybased primary healthcare currently suffers insufficient resources