Equitable Access To Healthcare Services For People With Disability In The Regions Of Khomas And Kunene

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This dissertation investigated equitable access to healthcare services for people with disabilities in selected health facilities in both the Khomas and Kunene regions of Namibia. The research question guiding the analysis was based on factors that hamper equitable access to health care for people with and without disability. This was done by addressing some contextual and personal factors within the parameters of the International Classification of Functional Disability and Health (ICF) model with a specific intention to establish if those factors inhibit access to healthcare. The mixed approach was used for data collection. A thematic analysis was used for the qualitative data collection, while household surveys were used, based on the themes that emerged from the qualitative data, for the quantitative approach. Participants of the study were drawn from health care facilities of selected clinics in the catchment area (the Khomas and Kunene regions). Each of the 947 cases included an individual with a disability and an individual with no disability, referred to as the control. 

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