The International journal of health planning and management
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This paper aims to present a review of published evidence of barriers to emergency care, with attention towards both financial and other barriers. ⋯ It is clear that timely access to life-saving and disability-preventing emergency care is problematic in many settings. Yet, low-cost measures can likely be taken to significantly reduce these barriers. It is time to make an inventory of these measures and to implement the most cost-effective ones worldwide.