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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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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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Access to health care in contexts of livelihood insecurity: a framework for analysis and action. [PDF]

, 2007
Access to health care is a major health and development issue. Most governments declare that their citizens should enjoy universal and equitable access to good quality care. However, even within the developed world, this goal is difficult to achieve, and
Alexander Schulze, Nathan Rose, Makemba, Ahmed, Dillip Angel, Hetzel, Manuel W, Christian Lengeler, Mayumana Iddy, Dillip, Angel, Manuel W Hetzel, Nathan, Rose, Hassan Mshinda, Lengeler Christian, Brigit Obrist, Mshinda Hassan, Iddy Mayumana, Alba, Sandra, Mayumana, Iddy, Iteba Nelly, Makemba Ahmed, Rose Nathan, Mshana Christopher, Iteba, Nelly, Christopher Mshana, Angel Dillip, Mshinda, Hassan, Ahmed Makemba, Lengeler, Christian, Hetzel Manuel W, Obrist Brigit, Alba Sandra, Obrist, Brigit, Sandra Alba, Nelly Iteba, Schulze, Alexander, Schulze Alexander, Hetzel, Manuel W., Mshana, Christopher   +36 more
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Removing financial barriers to access reproductive, maternal and newborn health services: the challenges and policy implications for human resources for health. [PDF]

, 2013
The last decade has seen widespread retreat from user fees with the intention to reduce financial constraints to users in accessing health care and in particular improving access to reproductive, maternal and newborn health services.
Barbara McPake, Witter, S, Ensor, Tim, Sophie Witter, David Newlands, Newlands, D., Chirwa, Yotamu, Suzanne Fustukian, Yotamu Chirwa, Martineau, Tim, Tim Martineau, Newlands, D, Tim Ensor, McPake, Barbara, McPake, B, Martineau, Timothy, Fustukian, S, Witter, Sophie, Martineau, T, Chirwa, Y, Newlands, David, Ensor, T, Fustukian, Suzanne   +22 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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Contribution of primary health care teams to equity in universal access to health services [PDF]

Archives of Preventive Medicine, 2019
Since Alma Ata Declaration, 40 years ago, the Health Service Systems has undergone signifi cant changes, but those achievements are unevenly distributed, with an increasing number of people without coverage by basic health services. Advances in technology, including the arrival of big data, together with the adoption of evidence-based care models have ...
G Bergonzoli, LM García Zapata
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Mapping mental health service access: achieving equity through quality improvement [PDF]

Journal of Public Health, 2012
Improving access to psychological therapies (IAPTs) services deliver evidence-based care to people with depression and anxiety. A quality improvement (QI) initiative was undertaken by an IAPT service to improve referrals providing an opportunity to evaluate equitable access.QI methodologies were used by the clinical team to improve referrals to the ...
Green, S. A., Poots, A. J., Marcano-Belisario, J., Samarasundera, E., Green, J., Honeybourne, E., Barnes, R.   +6 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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Universal Health Coverage for Non-communicable Diseases and Health Equity: Lessons From Australian Primary Healthcare [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2022
BackgroundUniversal health coverage (UHC) is central to current international debate on health policy. The primary healthcare (PHC) system is crucial to achieving UHC, in order to address the rising incidence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) more ...
Matthew Fisher, Toby Freeman, Tamara Mackean, Sharon Friel, Fran Baum   +4 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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