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. 2019 Mar 29;2:6. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/hrbopenres.12900.1

Table 4. Sample of frameworks identified and purposive sample of articles.

No. Framework/model identified Description Sample article from current
review
1 Access Triangle This framework specifically focuses on access to
dental care for underserved populations.
Guay, 2004;
135(11):1599–605
2 Cooper model of access to care Copper model explores barriers and mediators to
health service use across personal, structural and
financial aspects
Messer et al., 2013
3 Frenk’s domains of Access “Frenk reserves the term access to denote the ability
of the population to seek and obtain care”
Levesque et al., 2013
4 Gullifords model of healthcare access
2001
Gullifords model of access depicts relationship
between factors and how they impact on access.
This model was adapted by Alborz et al. for people
with ID.
Alborz et al., 2005;
5 Hispanic Farmworker Health Model
( Ward, 2007)
The HFH model incorporates 4 determinants of
health and 2 outcomes specific to farmworker of
Hispanic ethnicity. Highlights importance of living
and working conditions and social and cultural
factors
López-Cevallos et al., 2013;.
6 ICF framework The authors used the ICF “was chosen because it
allows examination of personal, environmental, and
contextual factors, as well as impairments, activity
limitations, and participation”.
Iversen et al., 2011;
WHO, 2001.
7 Modified model of access to dental
care
This model is combination of elements of
Penchansky & Thomas (1981) and Maxwell (1984)
models to understand access to dental services by
PwID.
Owens et al., 2010;
8 Penchansky & Thomas 1981 Concept
of Access: definition and relationship
to consumer satisfaction
This model introduces the concept of ‘fit’ between
the individual and the service. Five dimensions
considered important – availability, accessibility,
accommodation, affordability, and acceptability.
Wallace & Macentee, 2012.
9 Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (CAM) use – a conceptual
model
Draws on Parson’s sick role theory, Suchman’s
stages of illness theory and Andersen’s
Sociobehavioural Healthcare utilisation Model to
examine use of complementary and alternative
medicine.
Davis et al., 2011
10 Non-urgent Emergency Department
use – a conceptual model
Conceptual model of pathway to use emergency
department
Uscher-Pines et al., 2013;

Note: N=2200 approximately if included all 70 models