Abstract
Accessibility is an important characteristic of primary health care contributing in large part to its success in making health care more efficient and equitable. Countries which have comprehensive primary health care systems have lower costs and generally healthier populations [1, 2]. To get the benefits of PHC services, people need to be able to access and use them. Access to primary health care has also been proposed as a strategy to address health inequities [3].
Highlights
There are major barriers to access to basic primary health care
Access arises from a complex interplay between patient, provider, and system factors
Provider and system factors are closely linked and have been summarised by 5As originally described by Pechansky and others [7, 8] as follows
Summary
Access arises from a complex interplay between patient, provider, and system factors. There are major barriers to access to basic primary health care.
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