However, women entrepreneurs continue to face obstacles in accessing credit, training, networks and information, not to mention legal barriers.
However, the uninsured were also more likely to use private health care, suggesting that they may face obstacles in accessing the public sector, for example people without formal residence, migrants and temporary workers.
One group at risk of facing obstacles in accessing appropriate care when needed are those who live in nursing homes who are the oldest, most dependent and in the last phase of their lives.
Children in this region face tremendous obstacles in accessing justice.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, at policy level, significant progress was achieved, but children with disabilities still face significant obstacles in accessing quality services on an everyday basis", said Suvad Zahirović, Director of the Information Centre for Persons with Disabilities "Lotos" from Tuzla.
Moreover, due to their position of vulnerability and disempowerment, MSM and TW who experience violence are less likely to negotiate safer sex practices, often engage in riskier behavior that further increases their risk of HIV/STIs, and face greater obstacles in accessing health services (22, 27).
Since the national roll-out of a new therapy service in 2011, veterans with PTSD in some parts of the country have faced new obstacles in accessing publicly provided care.
These refugees had to commute long distances to work by commuter bus, and they faced serious transportation obstacles in accessing shopping, educational, socialization, and leisure activities, which hindered their cultural assimilation [58].
Our previous study exploring women's perspectives on maternal health-care services in Tigray showed evidence that women face a number of obstacles in accessing medical care services during delivery, including the ascendancy of elderly women, sociocultural beliefs, uncertain transportation and lack of trust in the quality of medical services [ 27].
Marginalised groups can face significant administrative and financial obstacles in accessing health services [ 8- 11] and be neglected in the distribution of health resources [ 12].
