Question

What are two (2) signs of an unmet need?

Answer 1

1) Unmet need in health care are determined as the difference between services actually received and services judged necessary to deal appropriately with health problems.Equity in access to health care is best considered in the context of whether people in need of medical care receive it or not.

Unmet health needs results from barriers that are related to health system and to personal attitudes of individuals. Barriers may be related to cost, timely provision of health service, acceptability related to personal attitudes.

2)Factors that put people at risk of unmet needs were youth, old age, female gender, lack of insurance coverage, high educational level ,low income ,unemployment, poor health status.

Unmet needs are those that a person didn't manage to satisfy yet.in order to feel good.When people fail to satisfy their important unmet needs they become depressed .It also results in unhealthy addictions.