Researchers reveal health care imbalances for people with disabilities.

According to Rutgers Health Study, people with disabilities have more difficulties to approach health care than those with disabilities and have more negative interactions with medical service providers.

that studypublishing Health service research Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research and Rutgers School of Public Health researchers are the satisfaction of treatment among our adults to evaluate the differences in health care experiences of people with disabilities, and patient providers We have investigated the interaction.

Previous studies have found that one in four Americans have a disability. People with disabilities experience serious health imbalances, and structural inequalities of the health system are disabled in approaching quality health for the disabled.

The researchers used the data from the national survey to examine the experience of health care services for patients with various disabilities. According to this study, people with disabilities evaluated medical services lower than the general population. For example, patients with disabilities have reported that the provider has been cautious, spending enough time, and giving or respecting an easy -to -understand advice.

Elizabeth Stone, the author and research author of Rutgers Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, said, “Our findings are especially policies that affect patients with disabilities and policies that are attacked by initiatives and health care with disabilities with initiatives Emphasize the necessity.

One of these policies was in 1973, Article 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which was updated to prohibit discrimination based on the failure of the federal funding program and to strengthen the protection of the disabled in the medical environment in July 2024. In the fall of 2024, he filed a lawsuit requesting the end of 17 stocks 504.

The researchers also found that people with many disabilities have a worse experience in health care services than those with sensory disabilities.

Stone, a psychiatrist of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, said, “To solve the imbalance of health care quality in patients with disabilities, you need a unique approach according to the specific needs of people. “But ultimately, structural levels are needed about the imbalance of patient experience.”

The co -authors include Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research Stephen Crystal and Hillary Samples and Rutgers School of Public Health It is included.