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040			_aAFVC
100			_aMcBride-Henry, Karen _91658
245			_aDisabled people's experiences accessing healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic : _ba scoping review _cKaren McBride-Henry, Solmaz Nazari Orakani, Gretchen Good, Michael Roguski and Tara N. Officer
260			_bBMC, _c2023
500			_aBMC Health Services Research, 2023, 23, 346
520			_aBackground Disruptions to healthcare services during the COVID-19 pandemic are well-recognised problems. However, a dearth of research exists on disabled people’s experiences with accessing these services. A scoping review was undertaken to identify and explore research on the experience of disabled people in accessing healthcare services between 2020 and 6 February 2023. Methods PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and OVID were employed to search for research that included the voice of disabled people, or their parents or caregivers. Over two distinct phases, a total of 2,201 articles were reviewed according to article titles, keywords, and abstracts. Eighty-one studies were identified that met the inclusion criteria; these were reviewed in full. Results Eighteen studies specifically described the experiences of accessing healthcare or disability services, and sixty-three raised healthcare challenges as a secondary consideration. Many disabled people struggled to access healthcare services and felt they were invisible; as a result, individuals’ mental health was negatively affected. Disabled people with compounding vulnerabilities were at the most risk of experiencing a lack of healthcare access. Conclusions There is an urgent need for research and policy that is responsive to disabled people’s access to healthcare during the pandemic; currently many health policies are ‘disability-blind’ and exclude these members of the global community. Furthermore, to assist in creating disability-responsive research, funding needs to prioritise researchers within the disabled community. (Authors's abstract). Record #8315
650			_aCOVID-19 _98949
650			_aDISABLED PEOPLE _9196
650			_aHEALTH _9283
650			_aLITERATURE REVIEWS _9350
650			_aPANDEMICS _98950
650			_aRESEARCH _9497
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
700			_aOrakani, Solmaz Nazari _912228
700			_aGood, Gretchen _97097
700			_aRoguski, Michael _92026
700			_aOfficer, Tara N. _912229
773	0		_tBMC Health Services Research, 2023, 23, 346
830			_aBMC Health Services Research _910156
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09336-4 _zDOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09336-4 (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews122