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Evaluating Effects of Multilevel Interventions on Disparity in Health and Healthcare Decisions
In this paper, we introduce an analytic approach for assessing effects of multilevel interventions on disparity in health outcomes and health-related...
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Bootstrap approach to disparity testing with source uncertainty in the data
This article addresses the problem of one-sided hypothesis testing on the means of two populations when there is uncertainty as to which population a...
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Disparity in hospital beds’ allocation at the county level in China: an analysis based on a Health Resource Density Index (HRDI) model
BackgroundAs approximately 3/4 of the population lives in county-level divisions in China, the allocation of health resources at the county level...
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Population mental health matters child health disparity: a national level analysis
BackgroundThe association between social distress and child health is important and attracts research interest. This study aims to examine the trend...
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A Research Framework to Improve Health Disparity Evidence Gaps in Value Assessments
A value assessment is intended as a tool for evaluating healthcare treatments to gauge value and inform decisions. Economic value assessments...
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Racial disparity in breast cancer survivorship: themes from a series of four national healthcare provider live virtual forums
PurposeSignificant disparity exists in the diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship outcomes among Black breast cancer (BC) survivors. Black BC...
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Explicating gender disparity in wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic
BackgroundThe available evidence suggests that women were more likely to wear face masks as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, few...
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Cohort selection and the estimation of racial disparity in mortality of extremely preterm neonates
BackgroundRacial disparities in preterm neonatal mortality are long-standing. We aimed to assess how cohort selection influences mortality rates and...
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Ageism and lookism as stereotypes of health disparity in intensive care units in Iran: a critical ethnography
BackgroundThe intensive care unit presents structural complexities, and the prevailing power imbalance between patients and staff can lead to health...
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Gender disparity versus equality in acute stroke: a Middle Eastern country hospital-based study
BackgroundAcute stroke management is well-established in developed countries with no gender difference. Yet, in develo** countries there are...
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Experiences of intimate partner violence (IPV) among females with same-sex partners in South Africa: what is the role of age-disparity?
BackgroundSouth African women have been exposed to epidemic proportions of intimate partner violence (IPV) amongst heterosexual relationships but not...
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Disparity-constrained stereo endoscopic image super-resolution
PurposeWith the increasing usage of stereo cameras in computer-assisted surgery techniques, surgeons can benefit from better 3D context of the...
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Urinary 1-hydroxypyrene in pregnant women in a Northeastern U.S. city: socioeconomic disparity and contributions from air pollution sources
BackgroundMaternal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), ubiquitous constituents of air pollution, has been associated with adverse...
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Urban–Rural Disparity in Birth Cohort Effects on Breast Cancer Incidence
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women worldwide. Studies have reported minimal birth cohort effects on the incidence rates...
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Effect of bimedial recession on near-distance disparity in esotropia
BackgroundEsotropia may be associated with a difference in the deviation at near and distance fixation termed near-distance disparity (NDD)....
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Could interventions on physical activity mitigate genomic liability for obesity? Applying the health disparity framework in genetically informed studies
Polygenic scores (PGS) are now commonly available in longitudinal cohort studies, leading to their integration into epidemiological research. In this...
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Exploration of the impact of political ideology disparity on COVID-19 transmission in the United States
BackgroundBased on individual-level studies, previous literature suggested that conservatives and liberals in the United States had different...
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Peritoneal dialysis after shared decision-making: the disparity between reality and patient expectations
BackgroundThe current health policy in Taiwan favors peritoneal dialysis (PD) at home. Policy objectives may make healthcare providers give more...
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Extending computations for disparity testing when data sources are uncertain
The topic of this article is one-sided hypothesis testing on the means of two populations when there is uncertainty as to which population a datum is...
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Disparity drivers, potential solutions, and the role of a health equity dashboard in the neonatal intensive care unit: a qualitative study
ObjectiveRacial/ethnic disparities are well-described in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We explored expert opinion on their etiology,...
