Lack of resources in healthcare (Yuxian Xing

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What are healthcare resources?

Low-income and/or homeless individuals. In general, lowincome individuals are more likely to have chronic illnesses, and the impact of those illnesses can be more severe. Certain geographical communities are the victims of lack of healthcare resources. The reason for this disparity is that rural populations experience geographic isolation, who have a lower socioeconomic status and limited job opportunities also tend to be older. A lack of resources in healthcare has serious consequences for the quality of patient care and the professional work environment for nurses, therapists, and other healthcare providers.

Healthcare resources include all the materials, personnel, facilities, funds, and anything else that can be used for providing health care services. Without doubt, healthcare is always a limited resource compared to the number of people around the world because everyone needs healthcare.

Intercultural/Global Issue

WHO and the World Bank found 800 million people spend at least 10 percent of their household budgets on health expenses for themselves, a sick child or other family member.

Data shown above is total national health expenditures from 1970 to 2019, also indirectly indicates that demands of healthcare resources keep growing through time.

What efforts/solutions have been made?

Health insurance coverage helps patients gain entry into the healthcare system. Lack of adequate coverage makes it difficult for people to get the health care they need and, when they do get care, burdens them with large medical bills.

Professional/Personal Opinion

Inadequate health insurance coverage is one of the largest barriers to healthcare access and the unequal distribution of coverage contributes to disparities in health. Improving the condition of healthcare requires new technologies and methods. New technologies which measure and monitor people’s health conditions can help with allocating healthcare resources. Thus, the health care system can provide health care quickly after a need is recognized.

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