Exploring access to primary health care among diabetic patients In Oman

Thesis

Access is an essential and yet only vaguely understood component of Universal Health Coverage. In this thesis, my aim is to measure patients’ experiences of access to healthcare in Oman and to understand how this access is associated with disease outcome and quality of life.

Initially, I carried out a concept analysis of access to primary healthcare, in which I identified the attributes, antecedents and consequences of access, and then utilised these attributes to map items for a p...

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Authors: Alasfoor, D

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: universal health coverage; diabetes; geographical access; affordability; primary healthcare; cultural acceptability; glaciated haemoglobin; quality of life; accessibility
• Subjects: diabetes control; universal health coverage; accessibility; health systems; quality of life