ArticleDisability and health journal2023
Health system access challenges of people with disabilities increased during Covid-19 pandemic.
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- The pursuit of equity in COVID-19 policy and policymaking: A qualitative systematic review.Open research Europe · 2025Pooled it
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- Catastrophic health expenditure among households with differently abled children and adolescents in Puducherry, India: a mixed-method study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Systems Are Overstretched from the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Interpretive Description of Disabled People's Access to Healthcare and Disability Support in New Zealand.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- A comparison of factors associated with unmet healthcare needs in people with disabilities before and after COVID-19: a nationally representative population-based study.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Disability inclusion in African health systems' responses during COVID-19: A scoping review.African journal of disability · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with disabilities (PWDs) have unequal access to health services compared with the general population and this disparity is worsening during the Covid-19 pandemic. Evidence supports the importance of policy development and legislation for addressing the unmet health needs of PWDs, but little is known about the impact of these efforts in Ghana.
objectiveThis study examined health system experiences of PWDs in Ghana within the context of existing disability legislation and related policies prior to and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
methodsNarrative analysis of data from qualitative research approaches of focus group discussions, semi-structured interviews, and participant observations were used to examine the experiences of fifty-five PWDs, four staff of the Department of Social Welfare, and six leaders of disability-focused non-governmental organizations in Ghana.
resultsStructural and system barriers hinder PWDs access to health services. Bureaucratic bottlenecks hinder PWDs access to Ghana's free health insurance policy and health workers' disability stigma impedes accessibility to health services.
conclusionsAccess barriers and disability stigma increased accessibility challenges for PWDs in Ghana's health system during the Covid-19 pandemic. My findings support the need for increased efforts toward making Ghana's health system more accessible to address health disparities experienced by PWDs.
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