Are children/disabled people considered underserved?

[aayz345]

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Curious if helping children and/or disabled people is considered service to the underserved?

 

[ciestar]

Disabled yes.
For kids, it depends. Rich kids? No. Kids in poverty, yep.

 

[LizzyM]

Do they travel long distances for service? Do they have longer than average wait times (weeks vs months) to see a qualified practitioner who will take their insurance coverage? Are they uninsured and/or uninsurable? Are their barriers (shortage of exam facilities that are accessible, shortage of interpreters) that limit where and when care can be provided? Those are the questions I'd be asking in trying to determine if a given population was underserved.