When it comes to health care and health outcome, socioeconomic status is an important factor to consider. It also depends how the country’s health care system works. “In most countries, the preponderance of medical care is financed or delivered in the public sector. However, in the United States the majority of people pay into, and have a portion of their health insurance subsidized through private institutions” (Bodenheimer & Grumbach, 2012, p. 163). Private institutions are usually more expensive than the public sector. Even though both sectors provide access to care, the private sector provides access to consumers who are willing to pay
