Italy's Disparity In Access To Health Care In Italy Case Analysis
The issue discussed in this paper is Italy’s disparity in access to health care between northern and southern regions in Italy. There is a disparity between both regions which leads to a lower quality of care received in southern regions in Italy, thus leading to an impact in access to health care in southern regions in Italy. The purpose is to explain how access to health care has an impact on health in different regions in Italy, how this issue is compared to the United States (U.S.), ethical considerations related to the topic, and a recommendation for the action.
Impact on Health
Although health care is free in Italy, quality of care between northern and southern regions of Italy has an impact on health care access (The Commonwealth …show more content…
also has disparities in access to health care. Although, it is different from Italy because in Italy the disparity is between regions; in the U.S. the disparity is seen between different groups such as different ethnicities/races, low income individuals, and those without insurance (Sommers et al., 2017). An example of this in the U.S. is how ethnicities who are minorities receive low quality in health care. According to Sommers et al. (2017) individuals who received care and were from low income population’s attained fair or low quality of care versus those who had a higher income. This group should also receive high quality of care because they are still human beings; their income should not interfere with the quality of care given to them within the health care system. In both countries, quality of care needs to improve whether it is regionally based such as in Italy or whether it is addressed as an individual manner to prevent disparities with ethnicities or subpopulations such as in the …show more content…
The system used in northern regions of Italy can be integrated in southern regions to prevent fragmentation of care and to increase the quality of care. This will lead in providing appropriate access to care and high quality of care in both regions of Italy. OECD (2015) recommends to support regions and autonomous regions to deliver consistent high quality health care. Also, it recommends to implement and improve quality monitoring and improvement at a national level (OECD, 2015). As a result of this implement, one will be able to notice an improvement of quality of care in southern regions in Italy and access to care will
Impact on Health
Although health care is free in Italy, quality of care between northern and southern regions of Italy has an impact on health care access (The Commonwealth …show more content…
also has disparities in access to health care. Although, it is different from Italy because in Italy the disparity is between regions; in the U.S. the disparity is seen between different groups such as different ethnicities/races, low income individuals, and those without insurance (Sommers et al., 2017). An example of this in the U.S. is how ethnicities who are minorities receive low quality in health care. According to Sommers et al. (2017) individuals who received care and were from low income population’s attained fair or low quality of care versus those who had a higher income. This group should also receive high quality of care because they are still human beings; their income should not interfere with the quality of care given to them within the health care system. In both countries, quality of care needs to improve whether it is regionally based such as in Italy or whether it is addressed as an individual manner to prevent disparities with ethnicities or subpopulations such as in the …show more content…
The system used in northern regions of Italy can be integrated in southern regions to prevent fragmentation of care and to increase the quality of care. This will lead in providing appropriate access to care and high quality of care in both regions of Italy. OECD (2015) recommends to support regions and autonomous regions to deliver consistent high quality health care. Also, it recommends to implement and improve quality monitoring and improvement at a national level (OECD, 2015). As a result of this implement, one will be able to notice an improvement of quality of care in southern regions in Italy and access to care will