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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2017 Mar;55(3):207–214. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000644

Table 1.

Items within each barrier domain

PATIENT-LEVEL FACTORS PROVIDER-LEVEL FACTORS SYSTEM-LEVEL FACTORS
Family/work barriers
  • Family or work responsibilities

  • Availability of childcare

Provider-related barriers
  • Providers do not speak language

  • Providers do not understand culture

  • Providers do not understand religious beliefs

  • Providers are not trustworthy

  • Provider office is not welcoming

Perceived discrimination
  • Unfair treatment due to gender

  • Unfair treatment due to ability to pay

  • Unfair treatment due to being enrolled in MCHP

  • Unfair treatment due to race/ethnicity/nationality

Coverage barriers
  • Not sure if dropped from MHCP program

  • Do not know what health plan covers

  • Do not know where to go for questions

Financial barriers
  • Worry pay more than expect

  • Worry pay more than can afford

  • Worry insurance won’t cover care

  • Worry medication will cost too much

Access barriers
  • Cannot get appointment

  • Do not know where to go

  • Transportation problems

  • Cannot see preferred provider

  • Inconvenient office hours