Imbalances in rural primary care: A scoping literature review wih an emphasis on the WHO European Region

Overview

The report focuses on rural and remote areas, although it is important to recognize that imbalances also exist in health and health care in urban areas, particularly in lowand middle-income countries, where deprived populations have no access to highly specialized and often-private health care facilities, due to high user access fees. The scoping review of the literature, which is the basis of this report, focused on the WHO European Region but also took into account review studies from other regions.