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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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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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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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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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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,...
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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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Racial Disparity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Care and its Impact on Cardiovascular Health
Purpose of ReviewRacial disparities in sleep health as well as the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders have emerged as a key driver of...
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Tracing the Disparity Between Healthcare Policy–Based Infrastructure and Health Belief–Lead Practices: a Narrative Review on Indigenous Populations of India
Most Indian tribes have limited access to healthcare facilities and rely heavily on traditional healing practices. This narrative review aimed to...
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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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Racial Disparity of Mental Health Service Utilization Among Low-Income Head Start Eligible Parents
Based on the Head Start Impact Study, 1706 parents who had mild, moderate, and severe depressive symptoms were selected to examine the following...
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Gender disparity: family health benefits from higher education
AimConsidering gender differences, clarifying the nexus and pathways between higher education and family health can provide empirical evidence for...
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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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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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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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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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Sex disparity in referral for catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation
BackgroundCatheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AFCA) has been shown to reduce AF burden and improve quality of life. Earlier studies...
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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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Contributions of avoidable mortality to the sex gap in life expectancy and life disparity in Iran
BackgroundPublic health policies and healthcare quality play a pivotal role on the health outcome level and disparities across sociodemographic...
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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...