The quality of health services and the extent of access to it have not been homogenous in the U.S. over the past couple of decades. Due to the obstacles represented by economic issues, class disparities, cultural differences, and other impediments to effective patient-nurse communication, a range of U.S. citizens have been experiencing challenges accessing healthcare opportunities (Griffith et al., 2020). However, solutions to some of the existing healthcare disparities have been offered by numerous organizations, including AMA. According to AMA, sex differences account for a substantial difference in the efficacy of managing some of the current health issues, including the prevention and treatment of the disease (Griffith et al., 2020). Therefore, in order to address the current concerns of the COVID-19 evolving and spreading further, one must consider conducting further studies concerning the mechanisms of COVID-19 development in male and female patients.
Indeed, the patterns of the coronavirus affecting men and women are drastically different. Namely, the existing reports indicate that men are much more prone to developing a CPOVID-19 disease than women are (Griffith et al., 2020). For this purpose, diagnostic and treatment opportunities for each population type need to be different, with the focus on the stud of COVID0-19 emergence and development in men being considered as one of the core priorities. The specified solution that has been offered by a variety of organizations, including AMA, does not imply that meeting the needs of female patients is no longer a priority; instead, it insists on addressing the core of the problem and examining the patterns of the disease progress in different patients, those that are particularly prone to it being of particular interest to researchers. Therefore, health disparities are significantly affected by patients’ personal characteristics, such as their sex, and the attitudes that are presently adopted toward the subject matter.
Reference
Griffith, D. M., Sharma, G., Holliday, C. S., Enyia, O. K., Valliere, M., Semlow, A. R., Stewart, E. C., & Blumenthal, R. S. (2020). Men and COVID-19: A biopsychosocial approach to understanding sex differences in mortality and recommendations for practice and policy interventions. Preventing Chronic Disease, 17, 1-9. Web.