“The five dimensions of access are availability, accessibility, accommodation, affordability, and acceptability (Shi & Singh, 2015, p.485).” According to Shi and Singh (2015), “availability is the fit between service capacity and individual requirements (p.485).” Shi and Singh (2015) stated, “availability issues include whether primary and preventive services are available to the patient, enabling services are made available by the provider and whether access to primary care services is provided 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (p.485).” Basically if the patient is available to According to Shi and Singh (2015), “accessibility is the fit between the locations of providers and patients (p.485).” Depends on the individual to what their perceptions
