Inequity in inpatient services utilization: a longitudinal comparative analysis of middle-aged and elderly patients with the chronic non-communicable diseases in China.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dying at home is the most frequent preference of patients with advanced chronic conditions, their caregivers, and the general population. However, most deaths continue to occur in hospitals. The objective of this study was to analyse the socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban areas of Medi...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Nolasco A,Fernández-Alcántara M,Pereyra-Zamora P,Cabañero-Martínez MJ,Copete JM,Oliva-Arocas A,Cabrero-García J

更新日期：2020-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It is well known that lower income is associated with poorer health, but poverty has several dimensions other than income. In the current study, we investigated the associations between multidimensional poverty and health variables. METHODS:Using micro data obtained from a nationwide population survey in ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Oshio T,Kan M

更新日期：2014-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social marginalization and criminalization create health and safety risks for sex workers and reduce their access to health promotion and prevention services compared to the general population. Community empowerment-based interventions that prioritize the engagement of sex workers show promising results. Pee...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Benoit C,Belle-Isle L,Smith M,Phillips R,Shumka L,Atchison C,Jansson M,Loppie C,Flagg J

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the depth development of health care system reform in China, emergency medical services (EMS) is confronted with challenges as well as opportunities. This study aimed to analyze the equity of China's EMS needs, utilization, and resources distribution, and put forward proposal to improve the equity. MET...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Yan K,Jiang Y,Qiu J,Zhong X,Wang Y,Deng J,Lian J,Wang T,Cao C

更新日期：2017-01-11 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:Health equity is a priority in the global sustainable development agenda. Available health equity indicators often focus on health outcomes, access to healthcare, risk factors and determinants such as income, education, and gender. Less attention has been given to other social determinants, including those r...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Durham J,Fa'avale N,Fa'avale A,Ziesman C,Malama E,Tafa S,Taito T,Etuale J,Yaranamua M,Utai U,Schubert L

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Due to lack of companionship of parents, compared with non left behind children, left behind children (LBC) suffer from more psychological problems compared with children live with their parents. The aim of this study was to explore the mental health status and the relationship among psychological problems a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Man Y,Mengmeng L,Lezhi L,Ting M,Jingping Z

更新日期：2017-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Breast cancer stands as the leading cause of cancer related mortality in women worldwide. Mammography screening has the potential to improve prognosis by reducing stage at diagnosis. Socioeconomic inequalities in mammography cancer screening have been widely reported. The influence of organised programs on s...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Relecom A,Arzel B,Perneger T

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

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:Hypertension has become a global health challenge given its high prevalence and but low awareness and detection. Whether the actual prevalence of hypertension has been estimated is important, especially for the poor. This study aimed to measure tested prevalence and self-reported prevalence of hypertension a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Su M,Si Y,Zhou Z,Shen C,Dong W,Fan X,Wang X,Wei X

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The evaluation of geographical healthcare accessibility in residential areas provides crucial information to public policy. Traditional methods - such as Physician Population Ratios (PPR) or shortest travel time - offer only a one-dimensional view of accessibility. This paper developed an improved indicator:...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Gao F,Kihal W,Le Meur N,Souris M,Deguen S

更新日期：2016-08-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Financial stress is a barrier to successful smoking cessation and a key predictor of relapse. Little is known about the financial situation of low-income Australian daily smokers. This study aims to describe and investigate associations between the financial functioning, tobacco use and quitting behaviours o...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Martire KA,Clare P,Courtney RJ,Bonevski B,Boland V,Borland R,Doran CM,Farrell M,Hall W,Iredale JM,Siahpush M,Mattick RP

更新日期：2017-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective implementation can maximise the beneficial impacts of health services. It is therefore important to review implementation in the context of Indigenous populations, who suffer some of the greatest disadvantage within developed countries. This paper analyses Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (her...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： McCalman J,Bainbridge R,Percival N,Tsey K

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between men who engage in carework and commitment to gender equity. The context of the study was that gender inequitable masculinities create vulnerability for men and women to HIV and other health concerns. Interventions are being developed to work w...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Morrell R,Jewkes R

更新日期：2011-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 2014 the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the "End TB Strategy", setting new ambitious goals for elimination of tuberculosis (TB). In contrast with previous efforts to control TB, the new strategy adopted the protection and promotion of human rights in TB prevention and care as a core pillar. This...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Gianella C,Pesantes MA,Ugarte-Gil C,Moore DAJ,Lema C

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring inequalities in healthcare is increasingly being recognized as a key first step in providing equitable access to quality care. However, the detailed sociodemographic data that are necessary for monitoring are currently not routinely collected from patients in many jurisdictions. We undertook a mixed methods...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Kirst M,Shankardass K,Bomze S,Lofters A,Quiñonez C

更新日期：2013-08-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The inequitable allocation of health resources is a worldwide problem, and it is also one of the obstacles facing for health services utilization in China. A new round of health care reform which contains the important aspect of improving the equity in health resource allocation was released by Chinese gover...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Liu W,Liu Y,Twum P,Li S

更新日期：2016-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While in general a country's life expectancy increases with national income, some countries "punch above their weight", while some "punch below their weight" - achieving higher or lower life expectancy than would be predicted by their per capita income. Discovering which conditions or policies contribute to ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Freeman T,Gesesew HA,Bambra C,Giugliani ERJ,Popay J,Sanders D,Macinko J,Musolino C,Baum F

更新日期：2020-11-10 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：BACKGROUND:Opioid use is a severe problem in Iran. Despite methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) programs being one of the most important treatment strategies for reducing individual and public harms associated with opioid use, a large proportion of Iranian patients refuse to participate in such treatment programs. ME...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Khazaee-Pool M,Moeeni M,Ponnet K,Fallahi A,Jahangiri L,Pashaei T

更新日期：2018-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A key element of the global drive to universal health coverage is ensuring access to needed health services for everyone, and to pursue this goal in an equitable way. This requires concerted efforts to reduce disparities in access through understanding and acting on barriers facing communities with the low...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： O'Connell TS,Bedford KJ,Thiede M,McIntyre D

更新日期：2015-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite the relentless efforts to reduce infant and child mortality with the introduction of the National Expanded Programmes on Immunization (EPI) in 1974, major disparities still exist in immunizations coverage across different population sub-groups. In Kenya, for instance, while the proportion of fully ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Egondi T,Oyolola M,Mutua MK,Elung'ata P

更新日期：2015-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this article is to describe an interventional project in a University Hospital. It explains the adjustments that were made to provide good care for patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities in an acute care setting in Western Switzerland. It is not the exposition of the results...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Lalive d'Epinay Raemy S,Paignon A

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China has made remarkable progress in scaling up essential services during the last six decades, making health care increasingly available in rural areas. This was partly achieved through the building of a three-tier health system in the 1950s, established as a linked network with health service facilities a...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Feng XL,Martinez-Alvarez M,Zhong J,Xu J,Yuan B,Meng Q,Balabanova D

更新日期：2017-05-23 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:Despite the recognition of power as being central to health research collaborations between high income countries and low and middle income countries, there has been insufficient detailed analysis of power within these partnerships. The politics of research in the global south is often considered outside of ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Walsh A,Brugha R,Byrne E

更新日期：2016-12-12 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:In 2007 Uruguay began a reform in the health sector towards the construction of a National Integrated Health System (SNIS), based on public insurance with private and public provision. The main objective of the reform was to universalize access to health services. METHODS:Data comes from the first National ...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： González C,Triunfo P

更新日期：2020-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inequalities in health across social class, gender and regional context in Spain are well-known; however, there is a lack of research examining how these dimensions of inequality interact. This study explores self-rated health (SRH) inequalities across intersectional positions of gender, social class and reg...

journal_title：International journal for equity in health

authors： Pedrós Barnils N,Eurenius E,Gustafsson PE

更新日期：2020-06-05 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