HEALTHCARE PROMOTION PLAN

Access to Health Care

Access to Health Care

Introduction

Access to c Health is aimed at all people, is composed of several sectors of either the administrative area, social, economic, scientific, medical and other. The emergence of public health is closely linked to socioeconomic factors prevailing in a given historical moment in a given society. In fact, the concept of medicine will be given by the relations it establishes with the various social strata that make up a social structure. Health is the result of the confluence of individual factors, economic, social and cultural factors that come together and determine the profiles health / disease (Andrulis, 1998). Often health studies have emphasized the biological factors and less social. However there are some social, cultural, economic and geographical factors that influence the access to health care among the community. These problems are rampant especially for the patients of middle adulthood. This paper narrows down the topic to discuss a healthcare promotion plan for the middle adult diabetic patients. This segment keeping in view their diagnosis and access to treatment issues.

Access to Medical Services to the Middle Adulthood (Diabetic patients)

For many people, cost is the factor preventing access to the medical services. For this reason, the literature on this subject equates access with the ability to pay for services. The patients may lack the knowledge of the significance of physical symptoms. Especially for the middle adult diabetes patients who come across issues as the prescription materials are written in the 10th and 11th grade reading level whereas about 19.6 percent of them have completed only two years of high school and has an average reading proficiency several grade level lower than other groups (Katz, 2000). Today in many countries, healthcare contracting is being used increasingly in order to enhance overall healthcare system. There are many forms in which individuals use healthcare facilities and these forms are not limited to purchasing services. In this article, the researchers give a typology which reveals the diversity of contracting approaches and enhance the understanding of the topic. There has been a change in the healthcare system recently. “Reforms” is the buzz word, as many countries are to rectifying the current healthcare system. Actions include decentralization of health services and overhaul of management and personals. These changes have led to diversification of actors participating in the healthcare system, not only this, administration functions and service provisions have also separated. Healthcare systems are not user friendly anymore and becoming confusing day by day. Participants have realized that it has become vital to make contractual relationships. This article shares three types of contractual relationships, which include cooperation, act of purchasing service and delegation of responsibility (Hussey, 2004).

Factors That Influence Healthcare

Health is an inherent right to life and its preservation is the duty of each person. It is a social good. Currently, it is generally accepted that, in its most basic sense, inequality in health represents inequalities that are unfair and unjust. Health inequalities do not occur ...