By Mountain-Pacific Quality Health

April 12, 2022

The term “health disparity” is used more and more these days, but what does it mean?

When a population’s race or ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, income or even where they live contributes to higher rates of a disease, health condition or their inability to access needed health care services, that group of people is experiencing a health disparity.

Talking about health disparities goes hand-in-hand with talking about … Read the rest