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Health Inequity

Meaning

Health Inequity describes the systemic, avoidable, and unfair differences in health status and access to optimal healthcare resources among different population groups, often stemming from social, economic, and environmental disadvantages. In the hormonal health sphere, this manifests as disparities in access to advanced diagnostic testing, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, or specialized endocrinology consultations, particularly affecting individuals from marginalized communities. Addressing these inequities requires systemic changes to ensure all individuals have a fair opportunity to achieve their full hormonal and metabolic potential. It is a challenge to equitable physiological optimization.