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Inequalities in Healthcare - Coggle Diagram
Inequalities in Healthcare
Reproductive and Sexual Healthcare
Stigma, anti-abortion beliefs, and policy restrictions at the state and/or community level shape the accessibility of abortion services.
A lack of information was said to leave many girls and women uninformed or misinformed about their reproductive health care, contraceptive options, and how to access services.
Infants born to black women experience a significantly higher death rate, apart from biological factors.
Lack of coverage options for basic health care services for low-income women is a challenge in states that did not adopt the ACA’s Medicaid expansion.
Poverty, cultural factors, and social determinants have a considerable impact on women’s ability to prioritize, afford, and get to family planning or abortion services.
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Insurance
Uninsured people with chronic diseases are less likely to receive appropriate care to manage their health conditions than are those who have health insurance.
end-stage real disease
HIV infection
diabetes
mental illness
cardiovascular disease
Uninsured patients who are hospitalized for a range of conditions experience higher rates of death in the hospital, receive fewer services, and are more likely to experience an adverse medical event due to negligence than are insured patients.
Uninsured cancer patients generally have poorer outcomes and are more likely to die prematurely than persons with insurance, largely because of delayed diagnosis.
Studies of the mortality of uninsured and privately insured adults reveal a higher risk of dying for those who were uninsured at baseline than for those who initially had private coverage.
Uninsured adults are less likely than adults with any kind of health coverage to receive preventive and screening services and less likely to receive these services on a timely basis.
About 1 in 10 people in the United States don’t have health insurance.
People without insurance are less likely to have a primary care provider.
Those who don't have insurance may not be able to afford the healthcare services they need.
Treatment Bias
Poor white people are more likely to report racial and ethnic bias in healthcare than other white people.
Black people do not receive the same care from their providers that white people do, causing, in some cases, increased morbidity and mortality among blacks.
People who are black or Hispanic are more likely to report racial and ethnic bias in healthcare.
Racial and ethnic minorities receive lower-quality health care than white people.
Diagnosis Bias
Symptoms of heart attacks are very different in men and women.
Symptoms of Heart Attack in Women
Nausea
Indigestion
Fatigue
Dizziness
Symptoms of Heart Attack in Men
Chest Pain
Shortness of Breath
Sweating
Heartburn or Indigestion
Health care providers’ implicit racial bias is associated with diagnostic uncertainty.
Access to Healthcare
Some people don't get recommended healthcare services, like cancer screenings.
Sometimes, it's because they live to far away from their health care provider.
Other times, it's because they don't have a primary care provider.
