HEALTH EQUITY AND HEALTH EQUALITY ARE NOT SYNONYMOUS
1. Health equity
- Health equity entails offering the same resources for everyone, regardless of their situation, need, or result.
Examples of health equity include:
- The outpatient fees are the same across the board for government clinics.
- A doctor spends the same amount of time with each patient.
- Everyone in a community who qualifies can get vaccinated.
- The identical health condition informative leaflet is given to every patient.
2. Equity in healthcare
- It entails giving everyone the assistance they require to receive the same quality of medical treatment.
Examples include:
- Access to emergency services is available to everyone, regardless of gender, age, attractiveness, financial situation, or even clothing.
- A medical centre that offers language support for patients with limited language proficiency.
- Alterations in the way persons without frequent access to nourishing food are treated.
- Regardless of citizenship status, immunisations are accessible to everybody at risk.