Introduction
The disparities in the access to health care service by individuals have far-reaching implications. People with limited access to the primary health care services may have a short lifespan, or live a more constrained life (Oleske, 2014). The access to health care service is more than the physical location of a medical provider. Several health factors can predispose a given population to either increased or decreased utilization of the health care services. They include cancer, heart issues, obesity, and the like. The paper will discuss two factors, that is, obesity, and cancer, their impacts on health care access, and how a lack of or delayed access to health service facilities have on people’s health status.
Obesity
Excess weight increases the risk exposure for many health disorders in the body of an individual. The complications include hypertension, heart diseases, respiratory problems, diabetes, and the rest. Apparently, obesity seems to lower the life expectancy of people drastically. For every year, approximately 300,000 adults in the US die due to conditions associated with obesity (Cecchini & Sassi, 2015). It is true that obesity can impact almost …show more content…
The lead time that a person will take to locate a health center will positively or negatively imply to their health status. For instance, a cancer patient may be in urgent need of medical care. If it happens that there is a delay in access to the service, automatically, his/her health status will worsen. In fact, delayed or lack of access to health care facility will lead to an adverse effect on the health situation of an individual, and eventually, death if there is a constant delay. Therefore, long waits for health care access have been found to impact on the patient's health status and satisfaction
The disparities in the access to health care service by individuals have far-reaching implications. People with limited access to the primary health care services may have a short lifespan, or live a more constrained life (Oleske, 2014). The access to health care service is more than the physical location of a medical provider. Several health factors can predispose a given population to either increased or decreased utilization of the health care services. They include cancer, heart issues, obesity, and the like. The paper will discuss two factors, that is, obesity, and cancer, their impacts on health care access, and how a lack of or delayed access to health service facilities have on people’s health status.
Obesity
Excess weight increases the risk exposure for many health disorders in the body of an individual. The complications include hypertension, heart diseases, respiratory problems, diabetes, and the rest. Apparently, obesity seems to lower the life expectancy of people drastically. For every year, approximately 300,000 adults in the US die due to conditions associated with obesity (Cecchini & Sassi, 2015). It is true that obesity can impact almost …show more content…
The lead time that a person will take to locate a health center will positively or negatively imply to their health status. For instance, a cancer patient may be in urgent need of medical care. If it happens that there is a delay in access to the service, automatically, his/her health status will worsen. In fact, delayed or lack of access to health care facility will lead to an adverse effect on the health situation of an individual, and eventually, death if there is a constant delay. Therefore, long waits for health care access have been found to impact on the patient's health status and satisfaction