Socioeconomic Status and Access to Healthcare: Interrelated Drivers for Healthy Aging
The rapid growth of the global aging population has raised attention to the health and healthcare needs of older adults. The purpose of this mini-review is to: (1) elucidate the complex factors affecting the relationship between chronological age, socio-economic status (SES), access to care, and hea...
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doaj-3207f9a1caa942839abd3e560cad39302020-11-25T03:12:25ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652020-06-01810.3389/fpubh.2020.00231512143Socioeconomic Status and Access to Healthcare: Interrelated Drivers for Healthy AgingDarcy Jones McMaughan0Darcy Jones McMaughan1Oluyomi Oloruntoba2Matthew Lee Smith3Matthew Lee Smith4Department of Health Education and Promotion, School of Community Health Sciences, Counseling, and Counseling Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United StatesCenter for Population Health and Aging, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United StatesDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United StatesCenter for Population Health and Aging, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United StatesDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United StatesThe rapid growth of the global aging population has raised attention to the health and healthcare needs of older adults. The purpose of this mini-review is to: (1) elucidate the complex factors affecting the relationship between chronological age, socio-economic status (SES), access to care, and healthy aging using a SES-focused framework; (2) present examples of interventions from across the globe; and (3) offer recommendations for research-guided action to remediate the trend of older age being associated with lower SES, lack of access to care, and poorer health outcomes. Evidence supports a relationship between SES and healthcare access as well as healthcare access and health outcomes for older adults. Because financial resources are proportional to health status, efforts are needed to support older adults and the burdened healthcare system with financial resources. This can be most effective with grassroots approaches and interventions to improve SES among older adults and through data-driven policy and systems change.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00231/fullsocioeconomic statushealthcare accessaccess to carehealthy agingolder adults |
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Socioeconomic Status and Access to Healthcare: Interrelated Drivers for Healthy Aging |
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Socioeconomic Status and Access to Healthcare: Interrelated Drivers for Healthy Aging |
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Socioeconomic Status and Access to Healthcare: Interrelated Drivers for Healthy Aging |
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Socioeconomic Status and Access to Healthcare: Interrelated Drivers for Healthy Aging |
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Socioeconomic Status and Access to Healthcare: Interrelated Drivers for Healthy Aging |
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socioeconomic status and access to healthcare: interrelated drivers for healthy aging |
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Frontiers in Public Health |
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2296-2565 |
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2020-06-01 |
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The rapid growth of the global aging population has raised attention to the health and healthcare needs of older adults. The purpose of this mini-review is to: (1) elucidate the complex factors affecting the relationship between chronological age, socio-economic status (SES), access to care, and healthy aging using a SES-focused framework; (2) present examples of interventions from across the globe; and (3) offer recommendations for research-guided action to remediate the trend of older age being associated with lower SES, lack of access to care, and poorer health outcomes. Evidence supports a relationship between SES and healthcare access as well as healthcare access and health outcomes for older adults. Because financial resources are proportional to health status, efforts are needed to support older adults and the burdened healthcare system with financial resources. This can be most effective with grassroots approaches and interventions to improve SES among older adults and through data-driven policy and systems change. |
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socioeconomic status healthcare access access to care healthy aging older adults |
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