One Size Fits All—An Underappreciated Health Inequity

Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses why health priorities–tailored care, rather than the one-size-fits-all approach, is beneficial for marginalized individuals.

Blood Pressure Management and Falls in Nursing Home Residents—A Matter of Balance

“…The days of the one-size-fits-all approach to treating common diseases are gone. 5 Beyond race, ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status, older nursing home residents are a heterogeneous, complex population in which we, as health care practitioners, should feel good about tailoring therapy to meet the individual patient's health care priorities and circumstances. 6 For example, the life expectancy of 2 nursing home residents aged 80 years may be very different, and this impacts the utility of implementing evidence-based recommendations.…”

“…Ultimately, the question of how to treat blood pressure in older nursing home residents remains one that must be individualized. The days of the one-size-fits-all approach to treating common diseases are gone . Beyond race, ethnicity, sex, and socioeconomic status, older nursing home residents are a heterogeneous, complex population in which we, as health care practitioners, should feel good about tailoring therapy to meet the individual patient’s health care priorities and circumstances .…”