Access to Health Care









Access to Health Care















Access to Health Care
Every day, people fall sick and are in dire need of health care services. Access to health care entails the clients’ ability to acquire the right health care resources so as to improve or improve their health (Gulliford & Morgan, 2013). Access comes out as a complex concept. Predominantly, the population is categorized into children, parents and the aged (grandparents). It implies that age is a crucial demographic factor that influences the access to health services (Gulliford & Morgan, 2013). Importantly, the three age groups’ ability to meet the required health needs depend on financial disparities therein. As a result, there is need to determine how these age groups access health care.
In this paper, I conducted an interview among the three age groups; children, parents and the grandparents. The interview was carried out among six respondents, that is to say, two for every age group. The findings show how these three age groups are able to access health services.
Children Access to Healthcare
Predominantly, the children are dependent on their parents. They do not have money to pay for their attendance to hospitals. In all the cases, their parents take them to various hospitals. J. B. Mathews (July 18, 2016), says that one day he got sick while in school. His teacher called his mother. His mother drove him to a nearby hospital where she paid for the charges in cash. It can therefore be concluded that one of the ways a child can access health care is direct or cash payment by their parents in the hospitals.
A. Y. Lakefield (July 17, 2016) has a different story. She says that she does not have to worry about access to healthcare while in school. She studies in a boarding school and therefore might fall sick any time. Consequently, she and her students are medically insured by the school. Their parents pay medical fee which the school administration uses to purchase...