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WK-5-A-1

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Healthcare Disparities   

Healthcare disparities are the unique differences in health status that we see from individual to individual and from group to group. Different groups have different rates of disease and death depending on a number of characteristics—race, sexual orientation, geography, etc. Explore healthcare disparities in the U.S. and determine one group of people likely to experience discrimination in healthcare services.

Identify one policy that encourages healthcare disparities. Explain how it encourages disparities.

Recommend at least one policy that could help to reduce or eliminate healthcare disparities in that population. Please justify your answer with data and examples.

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Immigrants, nonwhite people, group of peoples belonging to poor class suffer through disparities in medical treatments. Healthcare disparities are common everywhere, it does effect the healthcare system. Sometimes patients are not provided the well care irrespective of rich or poor. They suffer discrepancy only on the basis of their skin care. People belonging from African Americans are the most who suffer through this issue everywhere.

Behavioural risk factor with people belonging to other caste and religion and group of who belonging to less income lead to healthcare disparities. As they can't afford the treatment they are the people who are given less care compare to higher class people. Also these group of peoples don't have any healthcare insurance facilities by which they can afford the treatment cost.

Policy associated with equality of rights to receive right treatment irrespective of the culture and skin colour differences can help these group of peoples and also helping them with insurance facilities and plan which they can afford can improve the healthcare disparities which is seen in USA and also worldwide. By 2015 the rate of black people belonging in usa is 12% approximately and data is expected to increase in coming years by 1 to 2%. Improving better facilities for them and equality in terms of medical benefits can lead to better health outcomes and reduce in mortality rate in coming years.

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