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A Conceptual Framework for Examining Healthcare Access and Navigation: A Behavioral-Ecological Perspective.
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Abstract
This paper introduces a conceptual framework for investigating individual ability to navigate healthcare in the contexts of the built environment, social environment, and healthcare infrastructure in which a person is embedded. Given the complexity of healthcare delivery in the United States, consumers are expected to have an increasingly sophisticated set of skills in order to effectively navigate and benefit from the healthcare resources available to them. Addressing barriers to navigation in vulnerable populations may be essential to reducing health disparities. This paper builds on previous conceptual developments in the areas of healthcare use, navigation, and ecological perspectives on health in order to present a behavioral-ecological framework for examining healthcare navigation and access. The model posits that healthcare navigation is an ecologically informed process not only because of the spatial distribution of health services, but because of the spatial distribution of individual and environmental factors that influence decision-making and behavior with respect to service use. The paper discusses areas for further research on healthcare navigation, challenges for research, and implications for reducing health disparities.
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