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DLA 9: Health Systems- Access to Care and Disparities

Terms in this set (19)

Access to care is defined as the ability to .........................

What are 2 factors affecting access to care?
Obtain health services when needed

1. Ability to pay (financial barriers)
2. Availability of services (non-financial barriers)
The 2 most common financial barriers to healthcare are ................ and ................
Lack of insurance

Underinsurance
Uninsured Rates
Who are the Uninsured?- are employed but are .... income employees?
Low

- 22% of those earning less than $25,000 are uninsured
Underinsurance refers to limitations on ................... that restrict access to ......................

Prohibitive insurance ................... or ..................

Gaps in ..................... coverage

Lack of coverage for ......................
Health insurance coverage

Needed services

Deductibles

Copayments

Medicare

Long-term care
Non-financial Barriers to Health Care
Non-financial Barriers to Health Care-1
Policies and programs to address barriers (5)
People that are uninsured are more likely to have ................ health status

Are less likely to receive ..................

They are more likely to be .................. and more likely to ...................
Poor

Medical care

Diagnosed later

Die prematurely
graph
Graph
What are the 4 health disparities?
1. Social determinants of health

2. Behavioral determinants of health

3. Environmental determinants of health

4. Biological and genetic determinants of health
The ACA of 2010 makes the collection of performance data stratified by ..............., ................. and .................. a priority

Training in .................... may help providers identify and act on .......................
Race, ethnicity and language

Health disparity issues
-Through cultural competency training

Disparities in their own practices
In addressing health disparities they must implement a basic ........................ structure and process

Must make ............... an integral component of ...................

Solutions must be ............... to specific ............., ................ and ...............
Quality improvement

Equity

Quality improvement efforts

Individualized

Contexts

Patient populations

Organizational settings
Disparities intervention Strategies- 1
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