During a lecture on health disparities, a student asks the instructor how communities with great access to health care can still have poor health outcomes. How should the instructor respond?
A. Social determinants of health determine how people respond to health threats and how they access preventative care.
B. The student is incorrect. Communities with good access to care have good health outcomes.
C. This phenomenon only occurs in communities where the quality of health care is poor.
D. Members of these communities only have access to primary-care providers, which reduces the quality of care they receive.
ANS: A
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