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Health Services
HE A LTH EDUC A TION H E A L T H 1 0 0 V E R S I O N 3 / Determinants of Health
"Both access to health services and the quality of health services can impact health. Healthy People 2020 directly addresses access to health services as a topic area and incorporates quality of health services throughout a number of topic areas. Lack of access, or limited access, to health services greatly impacts an individual’s health status. For example, when individuals do not have health insurance, they are less likely to participate in preventive care and are more likely to delay medical treatment. Barriers to accessing health services include lack of availability, high cost, lack of insurance coverage, and limited language access. These barriers to accessing health services lead to unmet health needs, delays in receiving appropriate care, inability to get preventive services, and hospitalizations that could have been prevented."
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