Haggerty, Jeannie Levesque, Jean-Frederic Harris, Mark Scott, Catherine Dahrouge, Simone Lewis, Virginia Dionne, Emilie Stocks, Nigel Russell, Grant
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundPrimary healthcare services must respond to the healthcare-seeking needs of persons with a wide range of personal and social characteristics. In this study, examined whether socially vulnerable persons exhibit lower abilities to access healthcare. First, we examined how personal and social characteristics are associated with the abilities...
Alcalde-Rubio, Lorena Hernández-Aguado, Ildefonso Parker, Lucy Anne Bueno-Vergara, Eduardo Chilet-Rosell, Elisa
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International Journal for Equity in Health
Munywoki, Joshua Kagwanja, Nancy Chuma, Jane Nzinga, Jacinta Barasa, Edwine Tsofa, Benjamin
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundHealth sector priority setting in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) entails balancing between a high demand and low supply of scarce resources. Human Resources for Health (HRH) consume the largest allocation of health sector resources in LMICs. Health sector decentralization continues to be promoted for its perceived ability to impr...
Tao, Zhuolin Cheng, Yang Liu, Jixiang
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundSpatial accessibility to healthcare facilities has drawn much attention in health geography. In China, central and local governments have aimed to develop a well-organized hierarchical system of healthcare facilities in recent years. However, few studies have focused on the measurement of healthcare accessibility in a hierarchical service...
Tangcharoensathien, Viroj Tisayaticom, Kanjana Suphanchaimat, Rapeepong Vongmongkol, Vuthiphan Viriyathorn, Shaheda Limwattananon, Supon
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundThailand, an upper-middle income country, has demonstrated exemplary outcomes of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The country achieved full population coverage and a high level of financial risk protection since 2002, through implementing three public health insurance schemes. UHC has two explicit goals of improved access to health servic...
van Roode, Thea Pauly, Bernadette M. Marcellus, Lenora Strosher, Heather Wilson Shahram, Sana Dang, Phuc Kent, Alex MacDonald, Marjorie
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundHealth system policies and programs that reduce health inequities and improve health outcomes are essential to address unjust social gradients in health. Prioritization of health equity is fundamental to addressing health inequities but challenging to enact in health systems. Strategies are needed to support effective prioritization of he...
Wang, Nianshi Xu, Jing Ma, Meiyan Shan, Linghan Jiao, Mingli Xia, Qi Tian, Wanxin Zhang, Xiyu Liu, Limin Hao, Yanhua
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundIn light of the health poverty alleviation policy, we explore whether the New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NRCMS) has effectively reduced the economic burden of medical expenses on rural middle-aged and elderly people and other impoverished vulnerable groups. The study aims to provide evidence that can be used to improve the medical ...
Nyamande, Fortune N. Mosquera, Paola A. San Sebastián, Miguel Gustafsson, Per E.
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundKnowledge remains scarce about inequities in health care utilization between groups defined, not only by single, but by multiple and intersecting social categories. This study aims to estimate intersectional horizontal inequities in health care utilization by gender and educational level in Northern Sweden, applying a novel methodological...
Marques, Patrícia Nunes, Mariana Antunes, Maria da Luz Heleno, Bruno Dias, Sónia
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundCervical cancer screening has been effective in reducing incidence and mortality of cervical cancer, leading European countries to implement screening programs. However, migrant women show lower screening participation compared to nationals. This scoping review aims to provide a synthesis of the growing evidence on factors associated with...
Nickel, Stefan von dem Knesebeck, Olaf
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International Journal for Equity in Health
BackgroundPrevious systematic reviews of the impact of multi-component community-based health promotion interventions on reducing health inequalities by socio-economic status (SES) were restricted to physical activity and smoking behavior, and revealed limited and rather disillusioning evidence. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive review worldw...
