Essay On Health Care Disparities
Issue Paper: Disparities in Access to Healthcare
According to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), health disparities are defined as “population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to healthcare” (2013). In the United States, health disparities are a well-known problem among ethnic minorities such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos. Studies have shown that these groups have a higher prevalence of chronic conditions along with higher rates of mortality and poorer health outcomes, when compared with the white population. Without access to regular preventative and primary health services which are vital to comprehensive care, it is rather arduous to …show more content…
Limited access to health care impacts people's ability to reach their full potential, as well as, negatively affecting their quality of life. Likewise, barriers to healthcare services includes lack of availability of providers, high insurance cost which contributes to a lack of insurance coverage. These barriers to accessing health services as contributed to unmet health needs, delays in receiving appropriate care, inability to get preventive services and hospitalizations that could have been prevented. Furthermore, a lack of adequate insurance coverage makes it difficult for people to get the health care they need and when they do get care, the cost of treatment usually creates tremendous burdens due to large medical …show more content…
According to research health care access improved more substantially among populations with income 100% to 200% above the poverty level followed by income less than 100% FPL and income less than 200% FPL at greatest risk of not having any healthcare (Chen, Vargas-Bustamante, Mortensen, Ortega, Alexander, 2015). Therefore, the population can be improved by increasing quality of care, access, availability and affordable health insurance. This will not only lower the cost of health care but also decrease the disparities among racial/ ethnic disparities
According to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), health disparities are defined as “population-specific differences in the presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to healthcare” (2013). In the United States, health disparities are a well-known problem among ethnic minorities such as African Americans, Asian Americans, Native Americans, and Latinos. Studies have shown that these groups have a higher prevalence of chronic conditions along with higher rates of mortality and poorer health outcomes, when compared with the white population. Without access to regular preventative and primary health services which are vital to comprehensive care, it is rather arduous to …show more content…
Limited access to health care impacts people's ability to reach their full potential, as well as, negatively affecting their quality of life. Likewise, barriers to healthcare services includes lack of availability of providers, high insurance cost which contributes to a lack of insurance coverage. These barriers to accessing health services as contributed to unmet health needs, delays in receiving appropriate care, inability to get preventive services and hospitalizations that could have been prevented. Furthermore, a lack of adequate insurance coverage makes it difficult for people to get the health care they need and when they do get care, the cost of treatment usually creates tremendous burdens due to large medical …show more content…
According to research health care access improved more substantially among populations with income 100% to 200% above the poverty level followed by income less than 100% FPL and income less than 200% FPL at greatest risk of not having any healthcare (Chen, Vargas-Bustamante, Mortensen, Ortega, Alexander, 2015). Therefore, the population can be improved by increasing quality of care, access, availability and affordable health insurance. This will not only lower the cost of health care but also decrease the disparities among racial/ ethnic disparities