Health Care for Disabled Women

Paper Summary:

This paper presents a literature review of five studies that reveal an alarming lack of healthcare access in the United States for women with disabilities. The paper explores demographics, financial barriers to access, physical barriers to access and special programs that accommodate these female patients. Limitations and policy recommendations are issued as well. The paper contends that the future for women with disabilities seems hopeful.
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Abstract
Introduction
Methods for Each of the Studies
Source of Information
Main Findings
Demographics
Financial Barriers
Physical Barriers
Specialized Programs
Framework
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"As baby boomer women age, they find that they need access to the health care system more then ever. Health care practitioners and researchers are coming around to closing the disparity between services offered to men and to women. For example, the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine no longer accepts studies unless male and female populations were studied separately. Previously, women were offered treatment options derived from research done on male physiology. However, the health care system falls short in its distribution of health care to women with disabilities and chronic conditions."

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