Department of Interprofessional Education, College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
CHEER Health Disparities Center, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Jul 11;16(14):2465. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16142465.
Health care equity reflects an equal opportunity to utilize public health and health care resources in order to maximize one's health potential. Achieving health care equity necessitates the consideration of both quantity and quality of care, as well as vertical (greater health care use by those with greater needs) and horizontal (equal health care use by those with equal needs) equity. In this paper, we summarize the approaches introduced by authors contributing to this Special Issue and how their work is captured by the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) framework. The paper concludes by pointing out intervention and public policy opportunities for future investigation in order to achieve health care equity.
卫生保健公平性反映了利用公共卫生和卫生保健资源的平等机会，以最大限度地挖掘个人的健康潜力。实现卫生保健公平性需要考虑护理的数量和质量，以及垂直公平性（有更大需求的人获得更多的卫生保健）和水平公平性（有同等需求的人获得同等的卫生保健）。本文总结了为本特刊撰稿的作者所提出的方法，以及他们的工作如何被国家少数民族健康和健康差异研究所（NIMHD）框架所涵盖。本文最后指出了干预和公共政策方面的未来研究机会，以实现卫生保健公平性。
