Cost Effectiveness & Culturally Competent Healthcare

Cost Effectiveness & Culturally Competent Healthcare

Introduction

The competent culture of health care in the United States is massive as racial and minority ethnic face burden of high rates towards disease, disability, and death. Moreover, in most conditions the culturally component plays part as they often receive a low-quality health care than non-minorities, even when access-related factors, such as income and insurance status, are taken into account (Smith, 2000).

Health disparities associated to socio-economic disadvantage can be partially alleviated, can overcome communication barriers, and may also hinder the correct diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of cultural competent health care system ...