Quality healthcare services are essential in enhancing the well-being and socioeconomic productivity of a population. According to Berchick et al. (2018), healthcare access is the relevant custom of special wellness services to attain significant health results. Obtaining excellent healthcare services is dependent on different components, including coverage, services, timeliness, and workforce. Therefore, a poorly managed care model contradicts consumers’ culture and socioeconomic challenges, and providers’ demographics are the primary factors preventing the low-status population from accessing care and services in the U.S.
The poorly managed care model factor can be a great obstacle for people from low-status patients to access premium care and services. According to Berchick et al. (2018), poor communication among healthcare providers, and not embracing evidence-based practice can prevent individuals from accessing care and services. As a result, the medication process incurs several errors, including overdosing, underdosing, or even inappropriate medication. Nurses who do not incorporate the managed care model cannot understand the specific problems and subsequent treatment best for the patient. Thus, it is worth noting that healthcare practitioners’ poorly managed care model can significantly prevent the low-status population from accessing quality care and services.
The contradicting consumer culture of the consumer and socioeconomic challenges are the other factors that prevent the low-status population from attaining effective care and services. Pollitz et al. (2019) opine that retrogressive patient cultures lead to unattainability of the required healthcare services. For instance, female healthcare providers cannot diagnose and treat a male patient in the Muslim community. There are fewer male doctors in hospitals where there are high chances that the male patient might die due to nonattendance because of the existing male doctors’ busy schedule within the specific organization. Moreover, the unprivileged socioeconomic background is the other factor that can prevent the low-status population from accessing care and other-related healthcare services. According to Pollitz et al. (2019), regardless of Obamacare aiming at helping people from the low economic status throughout the U.S. to access healthcare services, it is still expensive for many. Unaffordability is preventing the low-status population from attaining healthcare attention. Connectedly, the contradicting consumer culture and low economic status is preventing people from achieving excellent care and services.
Significantly, the provider’s demographics play a significant role in preventing the low-status population from achieving care and services. Namburi and Tadi (2020) allude that considerations such as location, costs of operation, and working hours prevent individuals from attaining essential healthcare services. In terms of site, the low-status people might find it difficult to travel daily to the healthcare center, considering the high costs incurred on the way. Moreover, in cases whereby there are high operation costs within the healthcare, the management’s decision to close the facility exposes the population to poor healthcare conditions. Besides, the working hours can bar individuals from achieving excellent care and services on time. Hence, provider demographics are part of the driving force, preventing people from obtaining treatment.
In conclusion, it is paramount to note that the U.S.’s low-status population struggles to attain effective healthcare services. Miscommunication and mismanagement of the care model, provider’s demographics, and the consumer’s culture and socioeconomic status are critical factors preventing people from attaining quality care and services. Above all, there is a need for authentic enaction strategies that can enhance and assure the population from the low economic status of excellent healthcare provision and amenities.
References
Berchick, E., Hood, E., & Barnett, J. (2018). Health insurance coverage in the United States: 2017. Census Bureau. Web.
Namburi, N. & Tadi, P. (2020). Managed care economics. StatPearls Publishing. Web.
Pollitz, K., Neuman, T., Tolbert, J., Rudowitz, R., Cox, C., Claxton, G., & Levitt, L. (2019). What’s the role of private health insurance today and under Medicare-for-all and other public option proposals? Kaiser Family Foundation. Web.