Access to Health Care Access to health care refers to the individual’s ability to obtain and use needed services (Ellis & Hartley‚ 2008). Access to health care affects a multitude of people. Uninsured‚ underinsured‚ elderly‚ lower socioeconomic class‚ minorities‚ and people that live in remote areas are at the highest risk for lack of access to health care. There are also economical and political roles that complicate access to health care. Access to health care is a multi-faceted concept
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Health Care Access Options HCS/490 University of Phoenix Dr. Eboni Green December 15‚ 2014 Abstract Enduring with life’s constant illness can be difficult for all Americans. Healthcare facilities seek to provide that care by reaching out to patients through marketing and advertising. If undergoing or seeking care making the choice on the preferred facility can make a lasting difference in your health. In the Las Vegas‚ Nevada community‚ three healthcare facilities take different approaches
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timely access to health care is a major policy concern many countries. Delayed access has led to the elevation in the use of emergency rooms for non -urgent conditions (Shesser et al. 1991; Cunningham et al. 1995) and to the decline of patient satisfaction (United States Government Accounting Office [U.S. GAO] 1993; VanDeusen Lukas et al. 2004). Most importantly‚ delayed access to health care is presumed to undesirably affect health outcomes due to delays in diagnosis and management of health related
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strengthening health care is important‚ but access alone is a major one. Individuals and families having access to quality health and health services is important to maintain good health‚ treating disease‚ and taking measures towards preventing different tragedies from happening. Also‚ having access to health care impacts a patients overall social‚ mental and physical wellbeing. There are barriers in health care that lead to no insurance coverage‚ high cost of care‚ inadequate care‚ lack of culturally
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Health Care Access in Arizona Heidi Haugen Grand Canyon University: HCA 255 February 1‚ 2015 Health Care Access in Arizona Recently the Untied States top priority has been to provide accessible and affordable health care to every American. Those that lack access to coverage find it much more difficult to seek proper treatment and when they do they maybe left with astronomical medical bills. The CommanWealth Fund found that one-third or thirty three percent of Americans forgo health care because
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Health Care Access Options Amber Findley HCS/490 06/08/2015 Jennifer Johnson Health Care Access Options Today there are numerous health care access options available to people whether the option is a web-based resource‚ walk-in clinic‚ or retail clinic. Having different ways people can receive health care is important. There are some people that will not use a web-based resource but prefer a walk-in clinic and vice versa. This paper will be covering MedExpress‚ a walk-in clinic. MedExpress ’ target
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ability to access and utilize appropriate healthcare resources. According to Bodenheimer and Grumbach‚ (2012) access to health care is affected by many factors such as the ability to pay for services‚ availability of medical members‚ the location of the facility‚ and the availability of transportation to reach these services (p. 17). All of these factors can have a significant impact a family’s ability to meet their health care needs. These factors do not only affect a patient and family’s health status
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Health Care Access Options Sherri Olubode HCS/490 - Health Care Consumer - Trends and Marketing June 7‚ 2015 Jennifer Johnson Health Care Access Options With today ’s world of healthcare options‚ it is near impossible to know just what your community offers in the way of access to health care. This paper will assist in narrowing down three options: 1. A walk in clinic 2. A retail clinic 3. A web-based resource for health care The community that we will look at is a city in the county of Riverside
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Health Care Access Options University of Phoenix HCS 490 Minute Clinic is a health clinic affiliated with CVS Pharmacy. The clinic is open seven days a week‚ 24 hours a day. Scheduling appointments prior to the visit are not necessary. The plus side to this clinic is that it is popularly known nationwide. The clinic is also known to take most insurance coverage’s‚ thus attracting more customers. Minute Clinic offers a broad range of services to keep customers healthy. The clinic also
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Access to Health Care for Immigrants in NYC In contrast to most industrially developed countries‚ American private-public health care system is far from being universal. However‚ health care system makes a difference in whether and when people get necessary medical care‚ where they get their care‚ and ultimately‚ how healthy people are. Research has repeatedly shown that the lack of insurance ultimately compromises a persons’ health because they are less likely to receive preventive care‚ are
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