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Open AccessSocial concordance and patient reported experiences in countries with different gender equality: a multinational survey
Patient reported experiences (PREMs) are important indices of quality of care. Similarities in demography between patient and doctor, known as social concordance, can facilitate patient-doctor interaction and ...
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Open AccessThe association between socioeconomic position and vigorous physical activity among adolescents: a cross-sectional study in six European cities
The relationship between socioeconomic position (SEP) and adolescent physical activity is uncertain, as most evidence is limited to specific settings and a restricted number of SEP indicators. This study aimed...
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Open AccessPatient perspectives on priorities for research on conventional and sex- and gender-related cardiovascular risk factors
Recently, cardiovascular disease (CVD) research has focused on sex- and gender-related cardiovascular risk factors, in addition to conventional risk factors. This raises the question which factors are perceive...
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Open AccessThe influence of gender concordance between general practitioner and patient on antibiotic prescribing for sore throat symptoms: a retrospective study
Patient gender as well as doctor gender are known to affect doctor-patient interaction during a medical consultation. It is however not known whether an interaction of gender influences antibiotic prescribing....
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Open AccessEthnic disparities in estimated cardiovascular disease risk in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Ethnic differences have been reported in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. It is still unclear which ethnic groups are most at risk for CVD when all traditional CVD risk factors are considered togethe...
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Gezondheid en leefstijl in de krachtwijken: een verkenning
Sinds 2007 investeert het kabinet in 40 krachtwijken waar grote maatschappelijke problemen spelen, waaronder een slechte gezondheid. In dit artikel wordt de gezondheidssituatie in 30 krachtwijken vergeleken me...
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Socioeconomic inequalities in diabetes mellitus across Europe at the beginning of the 21st century
The aim of this study was to determine and quantify socioeconomic position (SEP) inequalities in diabetes mellitus in different areas of Europe, at the turn of the century, for men and women.
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Open AccessEducational differences in cancer mortality among women and men: a gender pattern that differs across Europe
We used longitudinal mortality data sets for the 1990s to compare socioeconomic inequalities in total cancer mortality between women and men aged 30–74 in 12 different European populations (Madrid, Basque regi...
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Applying an Equity Lens to Tobacco-Control Policies and Their Uptake in Six Western-European Countries
We identified policies that may be effective in reducing smoking among socioeconomically disadvantaged groups, and examined trends in their level of application between 1985 and 2000 in six western-European co...
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Regional Variation in the Supply of Medical Care and in “Avoidable Mortality” Within Countries of the European Community
Geographic differences in mortality are an intriguing phenomenon and invariably lead to the question to what extent these differences reflect differences in medical care. Most studies have found weak and incon...
