In the 2008 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey, 36% of Australian participants (n = 593) reported access problems (accessing physicians, filling prescriptions, or getting recommended test, treatment, or follow-up) because of cost [ 33].
Overall, the majority of therapists (90.7%) reported access to at least one computer at work and self-reported computer fluency levels were high.
Participants who reported access to a family physician indicated higher rates of self-reported hypertension (19.8%) compared to participants without a family physician (9.8%, P = 0.016; difference = 10.0% 95% CI 2.58 to 17.4%).
All households reported access to a power source.
Additionally, to examine reported access to care, family impact, and unmet needs for children with Down syndrome compared with other CSHCN.
However, learners note challenges in the use of the LMS regarding its performance as having been problematic to them (57%) and only 8% of the learners reported navigation while 16% reported access as challenges.
However, three studies conducted in much higher resourced settings that also trained over long distances and at multiple hospitals reported access to trainers and machines as their most important barriers after time constraints [7, 10, 14, 15].
The consistent higher participation trends in the practice quizzes than in the ARS may be associated with the reported access barriers of the costs of the remote and phone app reported by students across the terms.
Unfortunately, only a low percentage (34%) of firms and managers assigned to the Web technology treatment both reported access to e-mail and were willing provide their e-mail addresses; they tended to be large firms and from the service sector.
Further, the consistent 20 percentage point differences in participation rates between ARS and practice quizzes are noteworthy because even though students also reported access barriers for the practice quizzes related to number of attempts and information they could access, the rates of participation for practice quizzes were higher.
Nearly half (47%) reported access by modem.
