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Gender, sexuality and the discursive representation of access and equity in health services literature: implications for LGBT communities

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2011
Background This article considers how health services access and equity documents represent the problem of access to health services and what the effects of that representation might be for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.
MacDonnell Judith A, Daley Andrea E
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Factors associated with lack of access to dental services among Brazilian adults [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To investigate the association between individual and contextual variables and lack of access to dental services among the Brazilian adult population.
Márcio Vinicius de Gouveia Affonso, Aylene Bousquat, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes, Paulo Frazão   +3 more
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Locomotion difficulty and need for home care: a cross-sectional study [PDF]

Revista de Saúde Pública
OBJECTIVE To investigate home visits by physicians or nurses for consultations and procedures and associated factors in families with people with mobility difficulties and need for home care.
Rogério da Silva Linhares, Elaine Thumé, Maria Laura Vidal Carrett, Everton José Fantinel, Maria Aurora Dropa Chrestani Cesar, Elaine Tomasi   +5 more
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Factors associated with seeking and access to oral health services among Brazilian adolescents and young adults [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia
Objective: To investigate individual and contextual factors associated with seeking and access to oral health services among Brazilian adolescents and young adults.
Rênnis Oliveira da Silva, Carolina Thaiza Costa Pazos, Ana Beatriz Vasconcelos Lima Araújo, Nilcema Figueiredo, Gabriela da Silveira Gaspar, Paulo Sávio Angeiras de Goes   +5 more
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Performance evaluation of rapid diagnostic tests for Chagas disease in Jutiapa, Guatemala [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Background: Chagas disease remains a public health problem in Guatemala, with ongoing transmission, both regionally and globally. Diagnosis is complex and often inaccessible.
Karla Lange, Andrea Marchiol, Rafael Herazo, Marianela Menes, Carlota Monroy, Antonieta Rodas, Belter Alcántara, Karen Carrillo, María Jesús Pinazo   +8 more
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A cost-based equity weight for use in the economic evaluation of primary health care interventions: case study of the Australian Indigenous population

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2009
Background Efficiency and equity are both important policy objectives in resource allocation. The discipline of health economics has traditionally focused on maximising efficiency, however addressing inequities in health also requires consideration ...
Anderson Ian, Kelaher Margaret, Ong Katherine S, Carter Rob   +3 more
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Maternal health services equity between reality and imposed in Zagazig district, Sharkia Governorate, Egypt (2015/2016) [PDF]

The Egyptian Family Medicine Journal, 2017
Background: Equity is an ethical concept. Equity in healthcare includes equal access to available care for equal need, and equal quality of care for all.
Hala M. Shaheen MD, Aml A. Salama MD, Hanaa S. Said M.SC, Taghreed M. Farahat MD   +3 more
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Care for ill-housed persons: access and professional proactivity in primary care [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Objectives: to understand access to primary care for ill-housed persons and professional proactivity in municipalities without a Street Outreach Office.
Lucas Alves Gontijo, Bruna Moreira da Silva, Marcelo Pedra Martins Machado, Daniela Priscila Oliveira do Vale Tafner, Edilene Aparecida Araújo da Silveira, Valéria Conceição de Oliveira, Eliete Albano de Azevedo Guimarães, Selma Maria da Fonseca Viegas   +7 more
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AcceSS and Equity in Transplantation (ASSET) New Zealand: Protocol for population-wide data linkage platform to investigate equity in access to kidney failure health services in New Zealand.

PLoS ONE, 2022
BackgroundKidney transplantation is considered the ideal treatment for most people with kidney failure, conferring both survival and quality of life advantages, and is more cost effective than dialysis.
Rachel B Cutting, Angela C Webster, Nicholas B Cross, Heather Dunckley, Ben Beaglehole, Ian Dittmer, John Irvine, Curtis Walker, Merryn Jones, Melanie Wyld, Patrick J Kelly, Kate Wyburn, Nicole L De La Mata   +12 more
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Identifying technology industry-led initiatives to address digital health equity

Digital Health, 2021
Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted various barriers to health and the necessity of having access to digital health services. The technology industry can support addressing health barriers, promoting health equity and partnering with ...
Keri Durocher, Navi Boparai, Damian Jankowicz, Gillian Strudwick   +3 more
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