Health care utilization and costs among medical-aid enrollees, the poor not enrolled in medical-aid, and the near poor in South Korea.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multimorbidity in primary care is a challenge not only for developing countries but also for low and medium income countries (LMIC). Health services in LMIC countries are being provided by both public and private health care providers. However, a critical knowledge gap exists on understanding the true extent...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Pati S,Swain S,Knottnerus JA,Metsemakers JFM,van den Akker M

更新日期：2020-04-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Street-level workers play a key role in public health policies in Africa, as they are often the ones to ensure their implementation. In Burkina Faso, the State formulated two different user-fee exemption policies for indigents, one for deliveries (2007), and one for primary healthcare (2009). The objective o...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Ridde V,Leppert G,Hien H,Robyn PJ,De Allegri M

更新日期：2018-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Māori men have stark health inequities around non-communicable diseases. This study describes the case of a partnership attempting to develop and implement a culturally centred intervention through a collaborative partnership to potentially address the inequities. In particular, the partnership followed a pa...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Oetzel J,Rarere M,Wihapi R,Manuel C,Tapsell J

更新日期：2020-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the last several decades, global efforts to end female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) have intensified through combined efforts of international and non-governmental organizations, governments, and religious and civil society groups. One question asked by donors, program implementers and observers a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Kandala NB,Shell-Duncan B

更新日期：2019-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a global trend towards the use of ad hoc participation processes that seek to engage grassroots stakeholders in decisions related to municipal infrastructure, land use and services. We present the results of a scholarly literature review examining 14 articles detailing specific cases of these processes to con...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Katz AS,Cheff RM,O'Campo P

更新日期：2015-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health 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 fo...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Munywoki J,Kagwanja N,Chuma J,Nzinga J,Barasa E,Tsofa B

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:One of the main weaknesses of the health system in Turkey is the uneven distribution of physicians. The diversity among geographical districts was huge in the beginning of the 1960s. After the 1980s, the implementation of a two-year compulsory service for newly graduated physicians is an interesting and sp...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Ünal E

更新日期：2015-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health care financing reforms in both China and Vietnam have resulted in greater financial difficulties in accessing health care, especially for the rural poor. Both countries have been developing rural health insurance for decades. This study aims to evaluate and compare equity in access to health care in...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Liu X,Tang S,Yu B,Phuong NK,Yan F,Thien DD,Tolhurst R

更新日期：2012-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our research group advanced a health insurance theory to explain Canada's cancer care advantages over America. The late Barbara Starfield theorized that Canada's greater primary care-orientation also plays a critically protective role. We tested the resultant Starfield-Gorey theory by examining the effects o...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Gorey KM,Kanjeekal SM,Wright FC,Hamm C,Luginaah IN,Bartfay E,Zou G,Holowaty EJ,Richter NL

更新日期：2015-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aims of this study were to examine indicators of socioeconomic deprivation among secondary school students and to determine associations between household poverty, neighbourhood deprivation and health indicators. METHODS:Data were from a nationally representative sample of 8500 secondary school students...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Denny S,Lewycka S,Utter J,Fleming T,Peiris-John R,Sheridan J,Rossen F,Wynd D,Teevale T,Bullen P,Clark T

更新日期：2016-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China had proposed the unification of equity and efficiency since the launch of the new round of health system reform in 2009. And the central government gave priority to the development of primary health care (PHC) whilst ensuring its availability and improving its efficiency. This study aimed to evaluate t...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Zhang Y,Wang Q,Jiang T,Wang J

更新日期：2018-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The provision of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) is widely accepted in Burkina Faso thanks to large-scale national distribution campaigns. However, household also use other methods of prevention. Thus far, there is little knowledge about the expenditures of these malaria prevention methods, particularly in c...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Bocoum FY,Belemsaga D,Adjagba A,Walker D,Kouanda S,Tinto H

更新日期：2014-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this bibliography are to present an overview of the published literature on equity in health and to summarize key articles relevant to the mission of the International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH). The intent is to show the directions being taken in health equity research including theories, me...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Macinko JA,Starfield B

更新日期：2002-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effectively addressing the social determinants of health and health equity are critical yet still-emerging areas of public health practice. This is significant for contemporary practice as the egregious impacts of health inequities on health outcomes continue to be revealed. More public health organizations ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： McPherson C,Ndumbe-Eyoh S,Betker C,Oickle D,Peroff-Johnston N

更新日期：2016-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Record numbers of people, across the world, are forced to be displaced because of conflict or other violations of their human rights, thus becoming refugees. Often, refugees not only have a higher burden of disease but also compromised access to healthcare, as they face many barriers, such as limited knowled...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Floyd A,Sakellariou D

更新日期：2017-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aging and the chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) challenge the Chinese government in the process of providing hospitalization services fairly and reasonably. The Chinese government has developed the basic medical insurance system to solve the problem of "expensive medical cost and difficult medical ser...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Fu XZ,Wang LK,Sun CQ,Wang DD,He JJ,Tang QX,Zhou QY

更新日期：2020-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being the wealthiest and one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, the United States has the greatest number of Covid-19 cases and deaths. What accounts for this failure? The dismantling of the country's public health infrastructure has crippled contact tracing and exacerbated inequality...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Holtzman NAT

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Family planning and maternal care services have become increasingly available in West Africa but the level of non-use remains high. This unfavorable outcome may be partly due to the unaffordability of reproductive health care services. METHODS:Using the Demographic Health Survey data from Burkina Faso, Nige...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Ogundele OJ,Pavlova M,Groot W

更新日期：2020-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The prevalence of Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) in the Western world has generated considerable discussion regarding best practices in the outpatient treatment of the seriously mentally ill. Although problems encountered by ethnic minority communities in the various health care systems have been studie...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Mfoafo-M'Carthy M

更新日期：2014-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Tobacco use in China is disproportionally distributed among rural and urban populations with rural people smoking more. While there is a wealth of evidence on the association between tobacco use among rural people and their lower socio-economic status (SES), how social structural factors contribute to rura...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Mao A,Yang T,Bottorff JL,Sarbit G

更新日期：2014-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The phenomenon of inequitable healthcare utilization in rural China interests policymakers and researchers; however, the inequity has not been actually measured to present the magnitude and trend using nationally representative data. METHODS:Based on the National Health Service Survey (NHSS) in 1993, 1998, ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Zhou Z,Su Y,Gao J,Campbell B,Zhu Z,Xu L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2013-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a renewed commitment of tackling the varied challenges of undernutrition, particularly stunting (SDG 2.2). Health equity is also a priority in the SDG agenda and there is an urgent need for disaggregated analyses to identify disadvantage...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Flores-Quispe MDP,Restrepo-Méndez MC,Maia MFS,Ferreira LZ,Wehrmeister FC

更新日期：2019-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bariatric surgery is the most effective current treatment for severe obesity. Capacity to perform surgery within Canada's public health system is limited and potential candidates face protracted wait times. A better understanding of the gaps between demand for surgery and the capacity to provide it is requir...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Padwal RS,Chang HJ,Klarenbach S,Sharma AM,Majumdar SR

更新日期：2012-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aboriginal women are frequently called upon to support their families and other community members. At times, such supporting roles can be burdensome for these women. Many Aboriginal women live with chronic conditions. We explored the ways in which the women's caring roles impacted on how they maintained thei...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Eades A,Hackett ML,Liu H,Brown A,Coffin J,Cass A

更新日期：2020-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Everyone has the right to achieve the standard of health and well-being. Migrants are considered as vulnerable populations due to the lack of access to health services and financial protection in health. Several interventions have been developed to improve migrant population health, but little is known about...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Yadee J,Bangpan M,Thavorn K,Welch V,Tugwell P,Chaiyakunapruk N

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recently, cases of medical disputes and even acts of violence toward physicians by patients in China have been escalating. It remains unknown whether competition improves the patient-physician relationship. METHODS:This paper analyzes the relationship between hospital competition and the probability of medi...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Yang Q,Pan J

更新日期：2017-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An important health issue in urban areas is how changes arising from the regeneration of city-areas affect social determinants of health and equity. This paper examines the impacts attributable to a new fish market and to delays in the regeneration of a port area in a deteriorated region of the Bay of Pasaia...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Serrano E,Larrañaga I,Morteruel M,Baixas de Ros MD,Basterrechea M,Martinez D,Aldasoro E,Bacigalupe A

更新日期：2016-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We simulate and analyze Total Health Expenditure (THE) in financial sources and other economic indicators (such as THE per capita, GDP, etc.) in a province of China from 2002 to 2012 on System Dynamics. METHODS:Based on actual data and certain mathematical methods, we use system dynamic software to constr...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Wang X,Sun Y,Mu X,Guan L,Li J

更新日期：2015-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mexico has undertaken important efforts to decrease maternal mortality. Health authorities have introduced intercultural innovations to address barriersfaced by indigenous women accessing professional maternal and delivery services. This study examines, from the perspective of indigenous women, the barriers ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Ibáñez-Cuevas M,Heredia-Pi IB,Meneses-Navarro S,Pelcastre-Villafuerte B,González-Block MA

更新日期：2015-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Like most Central European countries Slovakia has experienced a period of socioeconomic changes and at the same time a decline in the mortality rate. Therefore, the aim is to study socioeconomic factors that changed over time and simultaneously contributed to regional differences in mortality. METHODS:The a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Rosicova K,Bosakova L,Madarasova Geckova A,Rosic M,Andrejkovic M,Žežula I,Groothoff JW,van Dijk JP

更新日期：2016-07-19 00:00:00