Health equity depends more on childhood than on the healthcare system
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Health equity, that is, the equal opportunity to be healthy, depends far less on the healthcare system than is commonly believed. According to the article published by the journal Gestión y Economía de la Salud, the opportunities that a society offers people from childhood carry much greater weight in their state of health throughout life.
This means that factors such as education, family living conditions and access to a safe environment influence people's health more than the medical care they receive in hospitals and health centres. For this reason, experts in this field point out that health differences between social groups begin long before a person needs treatment.
The original text is brief and includes no concrete data or figures, so it is not possible to know precisely the size of this effect. Nevertheless, the main idea is clear: to reduce health inequalities, it is not enough to improve health services, but it is also necessary to act on social opportunities from childhood.
In conclusion, health equity is a problem that goes beyond medicine. The debate on this topic invites us to consider policies that combine healthcare with education, employment and social protection.
Sources: Gestión y Economía de la Salud
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