EQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE

Does Equal Access to Healthcare lead to Equal Health Outcomes?

Does Equal Access to Healthcare lead to Equal Health Outcomes?

Introduction

The main purpose of this paper is to make an analysis on the statement that equal access to healthcare lead to equal health outcomes? It is very necessary for each and every government that they should provide the equal access to healthcare to each and every body. The healthcare facilities are becoming expensive day by day. Therefore, it is difficult for the poor people that they should get full access to health. It is the responsibility of the government that they should provide equal health care facilities to each and every individual

Discussion

It is evident from sources that the equal access to health care is very necessary for each and every individual. The equal access to health care can lead towards the positive health outcomes. Health inequities are differences in health levels of socioeconomic groups that are considered unfair and based on a detailed assessment of their causas.1 also Kawachi, Subramanian & Almeida-Filho2 define health inequities and inequalities in health that are considered unfair or stemming from some form of injustice. Just as, there are different definitions published inequities in health, so does the concept of 'justicia'3. Therefore, assessing health inequities, including the need to measure what is or is not fair in a given society. While there are some methodologies that have been proposed are all based on the need for value judgments and are dependent on the theory of justice adopted and accepted explanations for the etiology of the inequities observed, then a political concept involving regulatory.

Consequently, the International Society for Equity in Health adopted as an operational definition that inequities are "differences systematic [and potentially remediable] in one or more aspects of the health status of populations or population subgroups social economically, demographically or geographically definidos.4 An easily measurable dimension of this concept, and has allowed an approach to health inequities of a society is that of inequalities in health. These are understood as a generic term that involves differences, variations and disparities in health outcomes of individuals and population groups, which does not involve value judgments play a moral / ethical differences, or consideration its rigorous solution (Jones, 2008, p. 67).

According to the Organization Health over 70% of diabetes deaths in 2005 occurred in countries of low and middle income, the resources for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes are limited or non-existent. Tomatis indicates that life expectancy is shorter in developing countries than in industrialized countries, the survival rate of diabetes patients is low, and sanitary conditions are unfavorable, likewise, suggests that similar differences can be seen within industrialized countries among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups and the most favored. The aforementioned author says that child inequalities in health are part of this in our society and one of its indexes more convincing.

Diabetes can affect people of any age, gender or socioeconomic status, but the incidence, mortality and survival rates vary from one social group to another ...