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How Nurses Can Influence Health Equity

Diversity Nursing

For example, some people may live in rural areas where they cannot easily access routine health exams. Others may need help understanding health recommendations due to language barriers. Whatever the disadvantage, health disparities can lead to poor health outcomes that negatively contribute to health equity.

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Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

American Nurse

With understanding of these reported measures, nurses can lead improvements in healthcare with evidence-based practice that improves patient outcomes and reduces healthcare costs. Medicare, the largest payer of medical expenses in the United States, provides primary health insurance for more than 60 million beneficiaries.

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A Successful High-Risk Birth: The Baiera Family’s Story

Relias

They were also able to take time away from their jobs, and they had good health insurance coverage. It is a documented reality that health outcomes vary due to social determinants , factors such as community resources, family support, income, and access to health care. And they had each other.