Health disparity: A higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one population group relative to another group.
Health care disparity: Differences between groups in health insurance coverage, access to and use of care, and quality of care.
Health inequality: used more often in scientific literature to describe differences associated with specific attributes such as income, or race.
Health inequity: implies that a difference is unfair or unethical
Health and health care disparities are all around. Disparities can include:
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