Pre-COVID-19 Population Health is a New Phenomenon

Population health is a new phenomenon within the health system that is defined as health outcomes of a group of individuals that includes the distribution of the highlighted outcomes within the group. The groups that are considered under population health include communities, employees within a given workplace, ethnic groups as well as other defined groups who are likely to share health outcomes. The health outcomes are developed with a significant focus on the overall need to create an improved environment under which it will be effective to ensure that there is a positive understanding on the existing elements within healthcare delivery system. Population health therefore does not only include the health of a given population but it also includes the distribution of health and thus the health of a given group can be considered to be very high if the general population is considered to be healthy even though there is considerable understanding that minority within the population are unhealthy.

Determinants of population health play a key role in influencing the health distribution within a given group, it is important to understand that these factors play a crucial role in highlighting the outcomes of a given group. It is an important aspect to assess the existing differences within the determinants of a population health among individuals within a given group. Healthcare, individual behavior, genetics, social environment and physical environment play a key role in determining the health outcomes of a given population. All these factors are intertwined where they create a very effective e