A major indicator for measuring access to healthcare is "delayed care," which refers to refraining from visiting a doctor despite the need to do so [2]. This chapter presents Japanese and international research investigating whether healthcare access disparities are caused by socioeconomic status (...
peers.1Multiple factors, both within and outside the health care delivery system, probably explain these disparities. Health care and social factors associated with such disparities relate directly to access to care, and access to care is important because it is believed to lead to better health....
Disparities in Healthcare Access for Older Adults With Disabilitiesaccess to healthcaredisabilityolder adults.Healthy People 2010 includes access to healthcare as 1 of the 10 leading public health issues. This study compared healthcare access for older adults with disabilities with ol...
2006. "Access to Care, Health Status, and Health Disparities in the United States and Canada: Results of a Cross-National Population-Based Survey." American Journal of Public Health 96 (7): 1300-1307.Lasser, Karen E., David U. Himmelstein, and Steffie Woolhandler (2006) "Access to Care...
Persons belonging to racial or ethnic minority populations are likelier to be poor and to have lower educational levels and, in addition, they are at increased risk of ill health. The health care and social factors associated with these disparities are directly related to access to health care....
Prior research has shown that access to health care for immigrants is shaped by federal law and variations in state eligibility for Medicaid, often resulting in disparities in access to care. Researchers at Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health and the College of Public Health at the Universi...
Transgender women (TW) experience significant inequities in healthcare access and health disparities compared to cisgender populations. Access to non-transition related healthcare is understudied among TW. We aimed to assess the association between access to care and gender minority stress and resilience...
Transgender individuals experience limited access to healthcare. This results not least from experiences of discrimination to which they are exposed in the health system. These contribute to transgender individuals having poorer health than cis individua
In addition, a single-payer system can achieve efficiencies through provider financial incentives to improve both primary care and prevention and through controls over supply of medical technology. 展开 关键词: Continental Population Groups Health Services Accessibility Health Status Disparities Humans ...
Disparities in access to care and satisfaction among U.S. children: the roles of race/ethnicity and poverty status. Objectives: The study assessed the progress made toward reducing racial and ethnic disparities in access to health care among U.S. children between 1996 an... L Shi,GD Stevens...