What is a medically underserved community, i.e. medically needy, vulnerable population, the disenfranchised?
A medically underserved community is a community in which a majority of the population is either uninsured or underinsured without access or very limited access to quality health care in terms of the number of health professionals or the number of sites providing quality health care to the population. The medically underserved are often referred to as medically needy, a vulnerable population, the disenfranchised. A medically underserved population may also lack access to quality health care due to its location; isolated, rural and inner-city community members often lack access due to barriers such as lack of public transportation, travel time, distance to a health site or poverty. Many communities struggle to cover the cost of providing health care to the medically needy, who are less likely to have a primary source of health care and frequently rely on hospital emergency rooms for routine care. The combination of poor living conditions, lack of transportation and affordable daycare, l
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