A health care system is designed to provide individuals with sufficient service and improve their health outcomes. It is efficient if everyone who needs assistance receives adequate care, which is possible because of Health Equity. According to Minkler et al., this term denotes “removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination and their consequences, including powerlessness, lack of access to good jobs with fair pay,” and others (11S). For me, Health Equity means that every person deserves adequate care irrespective of their race, gender, economic status, and background.
However, it is impossible to deny that health inequities are present in the current medical practice. A suitable example is when people cannot reach positive outcomes because they lack sufficient financial resources. On the one hand, it relates to developing countries where economies are weak in enhancing their health care systems. As a result, individuals do not have sufficient access to medical services, which results in shorter life expectancy and more diseases. On the other hand, citizens of developed countries can also suffer from this issue. It refers to low-income individuals who do not have money to visit a doctor. Consequently, this example of health inequality is topical for the whole world.
In addition to that, it is reasonable to consider some of the factors contributing to that inequity. Firstly, it relates to global economic forces that lead to unequal distribution of financial resources. Thus, developing countries cannot reckon that their health care systems will be equal to those of developed nations. Secondly, the inequity under consideration has appeared because medicine has turned into a business. Health care establishments cannot provide their service free of charge because they will suffer financial losses. Consequently, an economic situation influences the medical industry and leads to health inequities.
Work Cited
Minkler, Meredith, et al. “Growing-Equity and Health Equity in Perilous Times: Lessons from Community Organizers.” Health Education & Behavior, vol. 46, no. 1, 2019, pp. 9S-18S.