what are health inequalities?

Answer 1

"Common to most definitions of health equity is the idea that certain health differences (most often called inequalities in health) are unfair or unjust." (1). You may notice that not all inequlaities are inequity.
Just for the sake of convenience I use the two terms interchangably.
So, you can find some health differences that are not unjust but is considered part of natural spectrum of health. If you for example get depressed and because of some reasons do not have access to healthcare but I do for whatever health problem I have , then the term of inequity will apply.

Classicaly we have three kinds of inequalities in healthcare: 1)inequalities in healthcare expenditure (simply means that you should pay for health proportional to your income or even the poor should pay less than the proportional).2) Inequlities in health level that means portion of the population are more healthy than the other part. and 3) Inequalities in responsiveness which simply means health staff (doctors etc) treat different people differently. The last one covers all aspects of non-medical care (e.g. how docs and nurses talk to a poor guy).
It has been turned out for a long while that health inequity is one important dimension of health and should be seriously tackled by the health officials. Nowadays a healthcare system that provides a good level of care but discriminates people for whatever reason does not get a good score on global scale. Unfortunately the US health care is one example of such a healthcare systems. I hope in the near future we witness a more equitable health system in the States and also in the developing coutnries.
1-http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=12234390

Answer 2

Do you advise older human beings, because of the fact i will assist you recognize why good now, that's because of the fact there are maximum of freaking illegals abusing our scientific gadget that our elders won't have the ability to arise with the money for wellness care (because of the fact medicare covers diddly squat) and that they are able to't arise with the money for their meds. God help me if my grandparents or mum and dad die, because of the fact of illegals. i would be coming after them and their babies. while you're speaking approximately blacks, i do no longer think of they have a decrease high quality of existence. you're able to think of that they are unequal in scientific practices yet there are only as many whites that isn't have the ability to arise with the money for wellness coverage for their babies. a minimum of in the event that they're on welfare they get loose scientific care. And that's only as stable as the different style of coverage. If not greater valuable. i think of u.s. could have public wellness care like Canada and different countries, yet on the comparable time I even have faith that it will decrease down on the standard of care. that's a toss up, privatized or public, there is professional's and con's with the two, in spite of the undeniable fact that that's something human beings do no longer evaluate whilst making babies.