Search results with tag "Access to health care"
Addressing access barriers to health services: an ...
www.who.intof health care is used as an operational proxy for access to health care. Access has four dimensions: availability, geographic accessibility, affordability and acceptability (O’Donnell 2007). Barriers to accessing health services can stem from the demand side and/or the supply side (Ensor and Cooper 2004; O’Donnell 2007).
Socioeconomic Factors: Affect on Health Care Outcomes
residency-scal-kaiserpermanente.orgDec 11, 2014 · Access to health care has been addressed by Medicaid/ SCHIP but has not improved health equality ... American Indian/ Native Americans with higher incidence of kidney cancer. ... Language barriers, cultural understanding, mistrust of health care system
Psychological Treatment of Ethnic Minority Populations
www.apa.org• Because of racism,the health status for persons of color reveals disturbing disparities related to life span, death rates,and susceptibility to illness. • Racial/ethnic minority groups have less access to health care,the nature of services is woefully inadequate,they are more likely to be medically uninsured,and the
2016 DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM
democrats.orgcourted; in the number of Americans who would lose access to health care and see their rights ripped away. This election is about more than Democrats and Republicans. It is about who we are as a nation, and who we will be in the future. Two hundred and forty years ago, in Philadelphia, we started a revolution of ideas and of action that
Access to Health Care Part 1: Children
www.cdc.govestimates of access to medical care and unmet health care needs for children through 17 years of age by selected sociodemographic variables including sex, age, race and/or ethnicity, family income, family structure, place of residence, and health status. In addition, the impact of children’s health insurance status on access to care is ...