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Health Equity
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- the absence of avoidable, unfair, or remediable differences among groups of people.
- achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being.
- achieved when everyone can attain their full potential for health and well-being.
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Health Disparities
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preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
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Stratification
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sorting data, people, and objects into distinct groups or layers
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Health Disparities by Lens of Health Care
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- health status
- access to health services
- coverage of health services
- health cost
- distribution of health benefits
- financial risk
- access to health services
- coverage of health services
- health cost
- distribution of health benefits
- financial risk
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Health Disparities by Variable
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- economic status
- social status
- gender
- race/ethnicity
- occupation
- religion
- social capital
- LGBT status
- social status
- gender
- race/ethnicity
- occupation
- religion
- social capital
- LGBT status