Healthcare Coursework

Healthcare
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Healthcare
Access to healthcare is defined as the ease with which someone could get the required medical services. It is also understood as the timely utilization of personal health services in order to attain optimal health outcomes (Johnson & Borgos, 2012). Access to healthcare is measured through: (i) evaluating the availability and if there is sufficient supply of services. (ii) Measured in terms of usage and this depends on acceptability of the services, affordability and physical accessibility taking into account cultural, social or financial barriers. If the population is to have access to adequate health outcomes, then it is imperative that the health care services be both relevant and effective. Having access and utilizing healthcare services is a right. This is primarily because people have the right to the highest possible standard of mental as well as physical health and this includes having access to every medical service. This implies that clinics, medications, hospitals and services of doctors have to be available, affordable, accessible, be of good quality for all, and be equitable wherever and whenever needed.
Access to healthcare equates not only to having health insurance. Other factors include timeliness, availability, affordability, quality of the healthcare services, as well as being relevant and effective to the needs of the population. The move to outpatient ...