quality health care
How does economic status affect health care?
There is evidence that socioeconomic status (SES) affects individual’s health outcomes and the health care they receive. People of lower SES are more likely to have worse self-reported health,
5 , 6
lower life expectancy,
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and suffer from more chronic conditions
8 – 11
when compared with those of higher SES.
Studies of social determinants of health have repeatedly found socioeconomic inequalities in health.
People with lower socioeconomic status (SES) have, on average, poorer health and die younger than those with more favourable SES
. Socioeconomic inequalities in health persist into old age [1,2,3,4].
How do socio economic factors affect health?
Social and economic factors, such as income, education, employment, community safety, and social supports can significantly affect how well and how long we live. These factors
affect our ability to make healthy choices, afford medical care and housing, manage stress, and more
.
How does SES impact a person’s health?
SES Affects our Society
SES affects overall human functioning, including our physical and mental health. Low SES and its correlates, such as
lower educational achievement, poverty, and poor health
, ultimately affect our society.
Many studies demonstrate that social classes can
positively predict individual health
[5–11]. Compared with the lower class, the upper classes have longer life spans, a better health status, and less possibility of suffering from a physical disability [12, 13].
Why does the Internet play a vital role in health care?
In clinical settings, the Internet
enables care providers to gain rapid access to information that can aid in the diagnosis of health conditions or the development of suitable treatment plans
. It can make patient records, test results, and practice guidelines accessible from the examination room.
How does socio economic impact on health and wellbeing?
Generally,
people in lower socioeconomic groups are at greater risk of poor health, have higher rates of illness, disability and death, and live shorter lives than people from higher socioeconomic groups
(Mackenbach 2015).
Is occupation a socioeconomic status?
SES has two aspects: resources and status. While income and education represent resources and imply status,
occupational prestige is an explicit indicator of the social status afforded by one’s occupation
.
How does socioeconomics affect healthy and unhealthy relationships?
Similarly, higher incomes are usually associated with better nutritional status, housing conditions, medical services, etc. In addition, people with higher levels of education tend to have better health awareness and health-related knowledge [30]. Consequently, higher SES may be correlated with better physical health.
What are three socioeconomic factors that influence health care?
Defining Measures of Socioeconomic Status
The most commonly used are
income, wealth, and education
.
What is poor socioeconomic status?
Low-socioeconomic status (SES) households have
little income or wealth to buffer against the negative impacts of an adverse health event (health shock) among adult household members
.
In the case of South Africa, the socio-economically disadvantaged are
more likely to experience poor health status, disability, the simultaneous occurrence of more than one condition/disease (multi-morbidity) and are less likely to use inpatient care
[5,6,7].
How has the Internet affected the doctor-patient relationship?
Results showed that respondents accepted that
the Internet might lead to patients being better informed than themselves with 40 per cent feeling that this may damage the doctor-patient relationship
. Despite this 90 per cent believed that providing more and better information to patients was good.
Connecting personal health information to the Internet exposes this data to
more hostile attacks compared to the paper-based medical records
. Currently, patients have to physically go into a health care facility to get their medical record.
How might the Internet change the future of health care?
The internet offers the potential for patients to become more involved in their own care, learning about their condition, accessing and contributing to their online health record, and interacting with health services
—for example using shared decision-making tools
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.
What is low socioeconomic status in Australia?
Each SA1 in Australia receives a SEIFA score which is standardised against a national mean of 1000. All SA1 areas in Australia are then ranked on the basis of their SEIFA scores. Low SES students are defined as
those students who live in the bottom 25 per cent of SA1 areas in this ranking
.
