Introduction
Over the years, racial and ethnic discrimination has engulfed many sectors in the United States. This has led to slow growth in these sectors thus creating a great disparity between people of different races. One of the major sectors that have been affected by this social menace is the health sector. Citizens have been receiving health services based on their race where the minorities have been on the receiving end. The whites have been the greatest beneficiary by accessing essential services at the expense of minority groups.
During his speech, Reynard Kington noted that there are three indicators that should be used to assess the quality of health care in any given society. They include health insurance, available source of health care and a regular physician. Further, he emphasized on discriminative medical training among physicians that has aggravated the situation.
Access to Health insurance
He noted that African- Americans are more susceptible to most health problems that the whites due to inadequate physicians and health services. Consequently, their life expectancy is low compared with their counterparts. The gap in the employment sector is the main attribute to the slow uptake of health insurance cover by the black people. Whites benefit at the expense of the blacks due to racial discrimination
Available source of health care
He noted that racial discrimination has led to segregation of health care services especially in areas where African-Americans are concentrated. These areas have inadequately equipped health centers and health centers are sparsely distributed. This has created disparity in the overall health index in the United States.
Regular physician
Ratio of physicians who undergo medical training is high between the whites and the African-Americans. As a result, white physicians are more than African-American physicians and the former only prefers to serve their own people .The minority African-American citizens share the rare resource of a specialist. He noted government failure to enact policies to avert the situation
Users of Financial information in a health organization
External user
These are parties who assist in the operation of a health organization but are not involved directly in the daily management activities. They include creditors, suppliers, health unions, the public investors and donors.
Internal Users
These interested parties are directly involved in management and are accountable to its performance. They include top management body, departmental management and the employees of the organization
Type of information important to these individuals
External users
Creditors are interested in knowing whether the organization ca cater for its dues. Suppliers need the assurance that the organization will continue to be its customer in future. Donors and investors are interested in the social and economic impact of their funds to themselves and the society.
Internal users
The main concern of top and departmental management is the efficiency of the organization. The organization should be able to cater for all its expenses and reserve revenue to sustain its continuity. Moreover the management is accountable to all stakeholders on the social and economic performance of the organization
Who are the stakeholders impacted by the decisions made?
The main stakeholder in a health organization is the society that has invested its confidence in accessing quality service.Moreover; the government is the next stakeholder since these health organizations are the delegated departments that are expected to ensure that the society is healthy to enhance economic growth and development. Finacially, donors and investors need returns on their investments.
References
Baker, J. J., & Baker, R. W. (2014). Health care: Basic tools for non-financial managers (4th ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishing.
