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Acceptability of primary care : a study of one community in Montana
(Montana State University - Bozeman, College of Nursing, 2007) Vaughan, David James, 1825-1905; Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Jean Shreffler-Grant
INTRODUCTION: Access to health care is a concept that is of primary importance to health care providers, clients, and policy makers throughout America. This is especially true in rural communities, where researchers in one study indicated that it was the highest priority (Gamm, et al., 2003). Access is a multi-dimensional construct that includes the availability, accessibility, accommodation, affordability, and acceptability of health care. DESIGN AND PURPOSE: This study used a descriptive survey design to examine one dimension of access, acceptability of primary care, in one rural community in Western Montana. The purpose of this study was to examine the "fit" between the perceptions of rural residents about the acceptability of local primary care and the perceptions of the primary care providers about the acceptability of local primary care. The purpose was addressed by answering the following research question: How does the rural health care client's perception of acceptability of primary care available in their community compare with the rural primary care provider's perception of the acceptability of primary care delivered? The tool used was an adaptation of the Acceptability Scale (Shreffler, 1996) to determine the "fit" between clients and primary care providers.