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ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AND DISPARITIES IN ACCESS

(5 days ago) WEBAccess to healthcare means having “the timely use of personal health services to achieve the best health outcomes.”1 Access to comprehensive, quality healthcare services is important for promoting and maintaining health, preventing and managing disease, …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK578537/

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Health Care Access CDC

(2 days ago) WEBIndicators. This document provides guidance for measuring five indicators related to health care access that influence inequities in access to and use of health …

https://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/health_equity/health-care-access.htm

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Is our healthcare system broken? - Harvard Health

(Just Now) WEBThe US healthcare system is expensive, complicated, dysfunctional — and broken. The system needs a major overhaul, and the arguments for this fall into a few …

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-our-healthcare-system-broken-202107132542

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Health Care Access and Quality - Healthy People 2030 health.gov

(1 days ago) WEBHealthy People 2030 focuses on improving health by helping people get timely, high-quality health care services. About 1 in 10 people in the United States don’t have health …

https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/health-care-access-and-quality

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The 2022 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report: We …

(9 days ago) WEBDespite these troubling trends, the NHQDR shows limited access to mental health services. Substance use disorders: The opioid epidemic has cost more than $400 billion …

https://www.ahrq.gov/news/blog/ahrqviews/2022-national-healthcare-disparities-report.html

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5 Critical Priorities for the U.S. Health Care System

(6 days ago) WEBThe CEO of Intermountain Healthcare explains how to fix the U.S. health care system with five key priorities: prevention, racial disparities, telehealth, …

https://hbr.org/2021/12/5-critical-priorities-for-the-u-s-health-care-system

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Achieving Health Equity: Closing The Gaps In Health …

(9 days ago) WEBIn the United States, racial/ethnic minority, rural, and low-income populations continue to experience suboptimal access to and quality of health care despite decades of recognition of health dispa

https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0158

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What has the pandemic revealed about the US health …

(6 days ago) WEBGermany, which has all along had a robust public health care system, was accepting sick patients from Italy, Spain, and France. Meanwhile, U.S. hospitals were in financial shock and fee-for-service …

https://news.mit.edu/2021/what-has-pandemic-revealed-about-us-health-care-what-needs-change-0405

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Access to Health Services - Healthy People 2030 health.gov

(8 days ago) WEBThe National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (formerly known as the Institute of Medicine) define access to health care as the “timely use of personal health …

https://health.gov/healthypeople/priority-areas/social-determinants-health/literature-summaries/access-health-services

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Disparities in Health and Health Care: 5 Key Questions and …

(9 days ago) WEBA health care disparity typically refers to differences between groups in health insurance coverage, affordability, access to and use of care, and quality of care. …

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/issue-brief/disparities-in-health-and-health-care-5-key-question-and-answers/

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Top Challenges Impacting Patient Access to Healthcare

(1 days ago) WEBThe web page explains the obstacles to patient care access, such as limited appointment availability, geographic and clinician shortages, transportation …

https://patientengagementhit.com/news/top-challenges-impacting-patient-access-to-healthcare

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FastStats - Access to Health Care - Centers for Disease Control and

(8 days ago) WEBAccess to Health Care. Data are for the U.S. The latest data are available from the National Health Interview Survey’s Early Release Program. Percent of adults age 18 …

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/access-to-health-care.htm

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Why Racial Inequities Still Persist in Health Care - The New York …

(7 days ago) WEBThe disparity was seen even when Americans from various racial and ethnic backgrounds shared the same insurance, like Medicare, the government health plan for …

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/health/racial-disparities-health-care.html

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What factors affect patients’ ability to access healthcare? An …

(8 days ago) WEBIn HICs, there are cases of patients not considering healthcare access a priority, but this mainly applies to homeless people who have other competing social …

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/tmi.13651

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Healthcare Access in Rural Communities - Rural Health Info

(6 days ago) WEBProvides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to healthcare access. Discusses the importance of primary care for rural residents and …

https://www.ruralhealthinfo.org/topics/healthcare-access

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Health Care Access and Quality Prepare Your Health CDC

(6 days ago) WEBHealth Care Access & Quality. Social determinants of health (SDOH) are non-medical factors that influence health outcomes. They are the conditions in which people are …

https://www.cdc.gov/prepyourhealth/discussionguides/healthcare.htm

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Report: Access to mental health treatment is poor in the U.S. - NPR

(5 days ago) WEBAmericans with mental health conditions often can't get treatment, a new report finds. Roughly two-thirds of Americans with a diagnosed mental health condition …

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/13/1218953789/most-americans-with-mental-health-needs-dont-get-treatment-report-finds

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Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs KFF

(9 days ago) WEBAdults in households with annual incomes under $40,000 are more than three times as likely as adults in households with incomes over $90,000 to say it is difficult to …

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/

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AHA Statement to House Ways and Means on Proposed Rural …

(4 days ago) WEBStatement of the American Hospital Association for the Committee on Ways and Means of the U.S. House of Representatives May 8, 2024. On behalf of our nearly …

https://www.aha.org/testimony/2024-05-08-aha-statement-house-ways-and-means-proposed-rural-access-care-legislation

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U.S. health care is increasingly like a casino - Axios

(2 days ago) WEBFor the decade-ish that I've been reporting on health care, insurance coverage has dominated conversations about who has access to care. But in the post-pandemic …

https://www.axios.com/2024/05/10/health-insurance-quality-care

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How to Improve Access to Health Care: Issues & Solutions USC …

(4 days ago) WEB3. Invest in Mobile Clinics. To address issues with transportation due to geographic barriers and improve access to care, the U.S. health care system is …

https://healthadministrationdegree.usc.edu/blog/how-to-improve-access-to-health-care

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Primary care access is on voters' minds, says new poll - The Boston …

(4 days ago) WEBAbout a third of Mass. voters are unhappy with health care access, new poll shows Dissatisfaction was highest among Hispanic residents. By Adam Piore Globe …

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/04/26/metro/primary-care-appointments-shortage-massachusetts/

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Biden expands health insurance access for DACA recipients

(4 days ago) WEBThe White House announced Friday that it is moving forward with an initiative to expand access to health insurance for about 100,000 immigrants covered by the …

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/03/biden-daca-health-care/

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Biden expands health insurance access for DACA immigrants

(8 days ago) WEBPresident Joe Biden's administration will allow certain immigrants illegally brought to the U.S. as children access to federally run health insurance, the White …

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-expands-health-insurance-access-daca-immigrants-2024-05-03/

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Ascension hospitals hit by cyberattack; investigating data breach

(2 days ago) WEBA ransomware attack took down the computer network at McLaren Health Care's 14 Michigan hospitals in late August and early September 2023, affecting about …

https://www.freep.com/story/news/health/2024/05/09/ascension-hospital-cyberattack-data-breach-hacked-michigan/73620340007/

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During Mental Health Awareness Month, U. S. Department of …

(4 days ago) WEBToday, during Mental Health Awareness Month, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing new actions to increase access to school-based mental …

https://www.ed.gov/news/press-releases/during-mental-health-awareness-month-u-s-department-education-announces-new-actions-increase-access-school-based-mental-health-services

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Tracking Abortion Bans Across the Country - The New York Times

(3 days ago) WEBState law protects abortion, and a new law has expanded access to providers. A 2023 law shields those seeking or providing abortions in Hawaii from laws …

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/us/abortion-laws-roe-v-wade.html

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Relationship between the presence of meaning in life and sleep …

(8 days ago) WEBGlaw X, Kable A, Hazelton M, et al. (2016) Meaning in life and meaning of life in mental health care: An integrative literature review. Issues in Mental Health Nursing …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13591053241249236

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