HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES
Health Disparities
- compare and contrast Health disparities among geriatric men and women.
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Introduction
Health disparities through the lens of gender dimension are long-standing concerns in the medical systems. Health-related outcomes among geriatric men and women are influenced by diverse factors, including the marital status of the patient. This means that the results and presence of chronic diseases are stratified by gender. Geriatric women have vast health disparities, particularly for widowed patients and duration of widowhood. This is because most cultures have barriers to women remarrying and allow men to remarry. Window hood, the period of window hood and demographic factors determine health disparities among geriatric men and women.
Health Disparities among Geriatric men and Women
Women have poor health outcomes compared to men. According to Perkins et al. (2016),…
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