05: Access to Healthcare

Question 1

Higher burden of illness, disparity, or mortality among one group over another group is called…

Answer 1

Health disparity

Question 2

Differences between groups in health coverage, access to care, and quality of care is called…

Answer 2

Healthcare disparity

Question 3

What are 3 financial barriers to healthcare access?

Answer 3

• Lack of insurance
• Under insurance
• Gaps in coverage

Question 4

What are structural determinants of health?

Answer 4

Conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and age

Question 5

Why has private health insurance coverage decreased over the past decade?

Answer 5

• Skyrocketing cost of health insurance
• Workforce shift
• Unstable nature of employment

Question 6

Underinsurance happens because…

A. Coverage is too costly
B. Coverage is not needed
C. Coverage has limitations

Answer 6

C

Question 7

True or false: African American and Hispanic Americans are less likely to have a usual source of primary care, have fewer physician visits, higher rates of no prenatal care, and lower rates of immunizations.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

True or false: African Americans are more likely to be uninsured and have higher rates of Hepatitis B and liver cancer.

Answer 8

False

Asian Americans are more likely to be uninsured and have higher rates of Hepatitis B and liver cancer.

Question 9

Challenges faced by the LGBTQIA community in relation to healthcare include which of the following:

A. Stigma and discrimination
B. Denial of care due to sexual orientation
C. Rejection from the community
D. Violence
E. All of the above

Answer 9

E

Question 10

True or false: Individuals in the LGBTQIA community experience higher rates of substance abuse, mental illness, HIV/AIDS, and physical violence.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or false: Men are more likely than women to report leaving an MD because of dissatisfaction of care.

Answer 11

False

This describes women.

Question 12

True or false: Physicians are less likely to counsel men than women about diet, exercise, and weight reduction.

Answer 12

False

This describes women.

Question 13

True or false: Education is a predictor of healthcare utilization.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

What are some strategies to reduce health disparities?

Answer 14

Within our practice
* Improve cultural effective care
* Health literacy
* Increase awareness of Health Disparities
* Increase political awareness

Leadership
* Capacity building

Funding and research
* Community input on funding priorities/research priorities
* Evidence based research that also includes a social component