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Access to Healthcare - Coggle Diagram
Access to Healthcare
Possible Barriers:
Rural Hospital closures
Lack of competent care
Lack of services or specialty care
Transportation
Unaffordable healthcare or insurance plans
Lack of health care education
Selecting the wrong insurance plans
Unknowingly seeing the wrong physicians
Improper care
Additional copays and time waiting appointments
Lack of confidence in health care providers
Lack of knowledge of resources and programs for those in need of assistance, language translation and transportation.
"Teams/teamwork: Health professionals should form meaningful partnerships with local organizations that lead to sustained immersion in low-resource communities."
Peter S. Cahn (2020) How interprofessional collaborative practice can help dismantle systemic racism, Journal of Interprofessional Care
Obtaining health care can also have negative outcomes.
Financial strain
Unpaid debt
Inability for preventative health care or continuous care for patients who need it.
Unmet needs
preventable illness or death