Sentences with phrase «populations have access to health care»

Tax cuts for billionaires shouldn't come ahead of making sure that children, pregnant women, people in need of addiction treatment, veterans, and other vulnerable populations have access to health care.

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Bain & Company partner Norbert Hueltenschmidt told the BBC last year that China faces major health care issues with its aging population, environmental problems, levels of access to health care, and sedentary living — physical activity has dropped 45 % since 1990.

While many more people now have better access to drinking water, sanitation and health care, the world is still an unequal place: 2.5 billion — more than one third of the world's population — still have totally inadequate sanitation.16 Artificial feeding of an infant instead of breastfeeding in such settings can literally mean the difference between life and death.

In a population - based Canadian study of children with epilepsy, each of whom had access to universal health care, those from poor families had the same medical course and remission rate as their wealthier counterparts, but they had a less favorable social outcome as adults.

The study confirmed that the U.S. has substantially higher spending, worse population health outcomes, and worse access to care than other wealthy countries.

These inequities in health exist in a patient population that has the same source and, presumably, access to health care.

For the first time, researchers have access to detailed information about how an urban Aboriginal population in Canada uses health care.

Our study, along with prior studies, supports the notion that «cognitive reserve» resulting from early - life and lifelong education and cognitive stimulation may be a potent strategy for the primary prevention of dementia in both high - and low - income countries around the world.21 However, it should be noted that the relationships among education, brain biology, and cognitive function are complex and likely multidirectional; for instance, a number of recent population - based studies have shown genetic links with level of educational attainment, 22,23 and with the risk for cognitive decline in later life.24 Higher levels of educational attainment are also associated with health behaviors (eg, physical activity, diet, and smoking), more cognitively - complex occupations, and better access to health care, all of which may play a role in decreasing lifetime dementia risk.

Life on the streets There's more to life than big bucks and fancy wheels, of course: the best places to live include a vibrant and growing population, access to good quality health care, safe streets and lots of places to have fun.

«The people most likely to experience reduced access to care would probably reside in areas without other health care clinics or medical practitioners who serve low - income populations.

Disease rates are higher among some population groups, such as African - Americans.3 These higher disease rates have been attributed to other risk factors such as poverty and overcrowding, while higher mortality rates have been linked to limited access to health care services.3, 4 Living conditions, such as overcrowding, can result in a higher exposure to potential carriers of Neisseria meningitidis.4

For example, given that Indigenous peoples» poorer health status would indicate a greater need for primary health care services, it is disturbing that in 2004 it was estimated that Indigenous peoples enjoyed 40 % of the per capita access of the non-Indigenous population to primary health care provided by mainstream general practitioners.

Indigenous Australians die from preventable diseases such as rheumatic heart disease, eradicated among the rest of the Australian population and they have lower access to primary health care and health infrastructure that the rest of Australia takes for granted.