There’s Just Such a Mismatch: A qualitative exploration of health systems and organizational-level barriers to accessing cancer services among people experiencing structural marginalization

There’s Just Such a Mismatch: A qualitative exploration of health systems and organizational-level barriers to accessing cancer services among people experiencing structural marginalization

Health Services Accessibility, Equality--Health aspects

Tara C. Horill, Jess Crawford, Scott Beck, Amber Bourgeois, Jagbir Kaur, Leah K. Lambert, Micheal McKenzie, Kelli I. Stajduhar, Annette J. Browne

International Journal for Equity in Health

Vol. 24

No. 181

2025

Springer Nature

Journal article

English

14759276

Canada

Open Access

Within the context of cancer care, access to timely, high-quality care is closely correlated with better health outcomes and quality of life. Yet in Canada, research continues to show that inequities in access to cancer care persist across the cancer continuum, particularly among people experiencing structural marginalization. Although some Canadian research has explored barriers accessing cancer care, little research has explicitly focused on barriers arising from organizational and health systems contexts. Our objective was to explore barriers to accessing cancer services within the health system and organizations delivering cancer services across the cancer continuum for people experiencing structural marginalization.

Edrina Adjei-Manu