TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers to access to palliative care services perceived by gastric cancer patients, their caregivers and physicians in Santander, Colombia
AU - Uribe, Claudia
AU - Amado, Angélica
AU - Rueda, Ana María
AU - Mantilla, Leydi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, Associacao Brasileira de Pos - Graduacao em Saude Coletiva. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/5
Y1 - 2019/5
N2 - Gastric cancer (GC) is a public health issue with high incidence and mortality in Colombia due to tardy diagnosis and barriers to access to curative treatment; this leaves palliative care (PC) as the only option. Our aim is to describe the access barriers to PC perceived by adults with GC, caregivers and physician in Santander, Colombia. A qualitative study was carried out with the analysis of the grounded theory (Strauss and Cor-bin), through semi-structured interviews, after sampling for convenience we found that the access barriers were: administrative, economic, cultural, knowledge, communication, institutional and geographical; strategies to overcome barriers: screening programs, governmental surveillance, and investment in health. In conclusion, access to PC requires remove barriers to timely and integral access and strengthen health and education policies to facilitate procedures and services that ensure the attention required by the adult with GC.
AB - Gastric cancer (GC) is a public health issue with high incidence and mortality in Colombia due to tardy diagnosis and barriers to access to curative treatment; this leaves palliative care (PC) as the only option. Our aim is to describe the access barriers to PC perceived by adults with GC, caregivers and physician in Santander, Colombia. A qualitative study was carried out with the analysis of the grounded theory (Strauss and Cor-bin), through semi-structured interviews, after sampling for convenience we found that the access barriers were: administrative, economic, cultural, knowledge, communication, institutional and geographical; strategies to overcome barriers: screening programs, governmental surveillance, and investment in health. In conclusion, access to PC requires remove barriers to timely and integral access and strengthen health and education policies to facilitate procedures and services that ensure the attention required by the adult with GC.
KW - Accessibility of Health Services
KW - Delivery of Health Care
KW - Palliative care
KW - Stomach Neoplasms
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85067507338&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1590/1413-81232018245.04432019
DO - 10.1590/1413-81232018245.04432019
M3 - Artículo Científico
C2 - 31166495
AN - SCOPUS:85067507338
SN - 1413-8123
VL - 24
SP - 1597
EP - 1607
JO - Ciencia e Saude Coletiva
JF - Ciencia e Saude Coletiva
IS - 5
ER -