What is access to care? How does service availability affect access to care? How do affordability, physical accessibility, and acceptability of services affect access to care? What are some barriers to access to care?

ACCESS TO CARE

-Description
The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate access to care and how health care reform improves access to care for all populations.

Write a 1,250-1,500 word paper answering the following questions: note do not combine questions; each is graded Iindividually

1) What is access to care?
2) How does service availability affect access to care?
3) How do affordability, physical accessibility (delivery), and acceptability (quality) of services affect access to care?
4) What are some barriers to access to care?
5) How is equity of access measured?
6) What are two health care reform measures that have been implemented in the last 10 years to increase access to care? Describe each health care reform measure.
7)Were these health care reform measures successful in increasing access to care? Why or why not?

PAPER MUST INCLUDE
-Title Page
-Outline with subheadings:
-Title
-Introduction and purpose
-Access to Care
-Service Availability
-Affordability
-Physical accessibility (delivery)
-Acceptability (quality) of services
-Barriers
-Equity of access
-How is equity of access measured?
-Two Health Care reform measures implemented in the last 10 years to increase access to care? (Describe each health care reform measure).
-Were the health care reform measure(s) successful in increasing access to care? Why or why not?
-Conclusion (optional)
-References (URL REQUIRED)