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Health disparity and healthcare utilization inequity among older adults living in poverty in South Korea: a cross-sectional study
BackgroundKorea has a two-tiered universal health security system: the wage-based National Health Insurance (NHI) program and government-subsidized...
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Inequity in the face of success: understanding geographic and wealth-based equity in success of facility-based delivery for under-5 mortality reduction in six countries
BackgroundBetween 2000–2015, many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) implemented evidence-based interventions (EBIs) known to reduce under-5...
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Turning the tide on inequity through systematic equity action-analysis
BackgroundCollective agreement about the importance of centering equity in health research, practice, and policy is growing. Yet, responsibility for...
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Utilising quantitative methods to study the intersectionality of multiple social disadvantages in women with common mental disorders: a systematic review
Women are at greater risk of common mental disorders. The intersectionality concept provides a framework to examine the effects of multiple social...
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Application of a Heuristic Framework for Multilevel Interventions to Eliminate the Impact of Unjust Social Processes and Other Harmful Social Determinants of Health
There is consensus about the importance of develo** a strong cadre of effective multilevel interventions to eliminate the impacts of unjust social...
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Access to Social Determinants of Health and Determinant Inequity for the Black Population in US States in the Early Twenty-First Century
This analysis develops indices of (1) modifiable social determinants of health and (2) social determinant inequity and applies the indices to the...
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Development of an individual index of social vulnerability that predicts negative healthcare events: a proposed tool to address healthcare equity in primary care research and practice
PurposeSocially disadvantaged patients may lack self-efficacy to navigate a complex health system making them vulnerable to healthcare inequity. We...
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Profiling the variability and inequity in the residential environment in Cyprus according to citizens’ ratings: a cross-sectional internet-based “Place Standard” survey
BackgroundThe “Place Standard Tool” (PST) offers a practical framework for structuring conversations about physical and social dimensions of Place...
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Why does racial inequity in health persist?
Attempts over decades have failed to eliminate the glaring inequity in birth outcomes between Americans of different races. We propose broadening the...
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Inequity in health care utilization for common childhood illnesses in India: measurement and decomposition analysis using the India demographic and health survey 2015–16
BackgroundThough child mortality has dropped remarkably, it is considerably high in South Asia. Across the globe, 5.2 million children under 5 years...
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Inequity of antenatal influenza and pertussis vaccine coverage in Australia: the Links2HealthierBubs record linkage cohort study, 2012–2017
BackgroundPregnancy and early infancy are increased risk periods for severe adverse effects of respiratory infections. Aboriginal and/or Torres...
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Coverage, inequity and predictors of hepatitis B birth vaccination in Myanmar from 2011–2016: results from a national survey
BackgroundHepatitis B virus birth dose (HepB-BD) vaccination is recommended to reduce mother to infant transmission. We evaluated the HepB-BD status...
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Inequity in clinical research access for service users presenting comorbidity within alcohol treatment settings: findings from a focused ethnographic study
BackgroundWhile healthcare policy has fostered implementation strategies to improve inclusion and access of under-served groups to clinical care,...
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Social, political, commercial, and corporate determinants of rural health equity in Canada: an integrated framework
People in rural and remote areas often experience greater vulnerability and higher health-related risks as a result of complex issues that include...
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Investigation on urban greenspace in relation to sociodemographic factors and health inequity based on different greenspace metrics in 3 US urban communities
BackgroundStudy results are inconclusive regarding how access to greenspace differs by sociodemographic status potentially due to lack of...
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Social determinants influencing cervical cancer diagnosis: an ecological study
BackgroundBarriers to accessing health care result in advanced cervical cancer. In Sao Paulo, Brazil, the Index of Social Responsibility (ISR)...
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Racial Inequity in Pediatric Anesthesia
Purpose of ReviewMinority health disparities have received renewed attention in the USA following several highly publicized racial injustices in...