Socioeconomic Status and Health Care Share my perspective There is a strong correlation with individual or group SES and the quality of health care received. Socioeconomic class refers to the class group into which an individual fits based on their income, which may include wages, investments, or other sources. The quality of care depends on the facilities offering the services, the staff, the accessibility of the service and the type of health insurance the person has. Affording healthcare is expensive, and the lower class or poor must decide between being able to afford food or other daily needs or going to a clinic for screening. In most cases, individuals who reenter the class will ignore health signs as they continue to work to feed their family. Individuals who belong to the middle or upper class will have more access to resources such as better health insurance, access to better healthcare facilities because they have cars and can take a day off from work, and having a higher education gives you an advantage over other class . We can look to the Southern Belt to see how individuals living in the southern states of the United States have poorer health and are more prone to diabetes, coronary heart disease, cancer, and death. The values ​​that operate in my perspective are my experience. I appreciate certain things like managing my money, preparing for my future and my family, getting an education is the gateway to social mobility. I also know the values ​​of individuals in the lower class from paycheck to paycheck, there is limited planning, and health-wise, they are more likely to end up in the emergency room than making an appointment with a doctor. I can...... half of the paper ......www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2741508/pdf/1849.pdf>.Becker, Gay, and Edwina Newsom. “Socioeconomic Status and Dissatisfaction with Health Care Among Chronically Ill African Americans.” American Journal of Public Health 93.5 (2003): 742-48. United States National Library of Medicine. Network. May 07, 2014. “Could You Survive in Wealth?” The challenge of poverty. Np, nd Web. 07 May 2014.Niewczyk, Paulette M. and Jamson S. Lwebuga-Mukasa. "Is Poverty the Major Contributing Factor to Health Disparities? An Investigation of Individual-Level Factors Contributing to Health Disparities." WWW.JEHONLINE.COM. THE JOURNAL OF EQUITY IN HEALTH, October 2008. Web. 7 May 2014. TATE, CURTIS. “5 Ways America Defines Personal Wealth.” Wall Street Cheat Sheet. Np, 25 July 2013. Web. 07 May 2014.