MedCity News October 17, 2024
While federal healthcare programs focus their attention on ensuring healthcare resources exist for communities in need, HRSNs become critical drivers of whether individuals can actually access and benefit from these resources.
New research from the Commonwealth Fund painfully confirms once again a truth we have long known: the U.S. healthcare system is inequitable. Attend any healthcare conference in recent years and you would be sure to find numerous panels dedicated to pondering the solution to this issue. What if the answer to take a holistic approach has been in front of us this entire time?
As described in the Commonwealth Fund report, equity reflects how people with below-average and above-average incomes experience healthcare in their communities. Income greatly...