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Barriers included physical, financial, transportation, communication, attitudinal, organizational, knowledge-related, sensory, cultural, and systemic hurdles.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>Critical gaps include disproportionate focus on barriers rather than interventions (only 10%), implicit facilitators, underrepresentation of stakeholder perspectives, and geographic concentration in high-income countries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Significant barriers hinder service access. Most frequent were financial constraints, transportation challenges, communication difficulties, limited physical accessibility, provider knowledge gaps, and socio-cultural stigma. Accessibility is typically addressed through individualized accommodations rather than systematic universal design. 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