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Changes over time in social inequality in adult self-rated health: the case of Norway 2002–2019
BMC Public HealthBackground Findings on how social inequality in self-rated health (SRH) has changed over time are not uniform. To inform public health policies aimed at reducing unwarranted social differences in health, we examine time trends in relative and absolute ...
Tord Finne Vedøy +2 more
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Needs-based provision of medical care to nursing home residents: protocol for a mixed-methods study
BMJ Open, 2019 Introduction Nursing home residents typically have greater needs for medical care than community-dwelling elderly. However, restricted cognitive abilities and limited mobility may impede their access to general practitioners and medical specialists.
Ansgar Gerhardus +12 more
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Promoting health equity: WHO health inequality monitoring at global and national levels [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2015 Background: Health equity is a priority in the post-2015 sustainable development agenda and other major health initiatives. The World Health Organization (WHO) has a history of promoting actions to achieve equity in health, including efforts to encourage
Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor +2 more
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BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Nursing home residents frequently utilize medical care, but there lacks a complete picture of their acute medical care utilization. We quantified hospitalizations, emergency medical care utilization, and contacts with the regional on-call ...
Paula Lienesch +5 more
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Rising inequality of infant health in the U.S.
SSM: Population Health, 2020 Has infant health inequality narrowed or grown in recent decades? Inequality may have narrowed due to expanded medical insurance coverage and greater knowledge about fetal health.
Emily Rauscher, David E. Rangel
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Health inequalities and development plans in Iran: An analysis of the past three decades (1984–2010) [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: Reducing inequalities in health care is one of the main challenges in all countries. In Iran as in other oil-exporting upper middle income countries, we expected to witness fewer inequalities especially in the health sector with the ...
Driessen, J +4 more
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Comparison and relative utility of inequality measurements: as applied to Scotland’s child dental health [PDF]
, 2013 This study compared and assessed the utility of tests of inequality on a series of very large population caries datasets. National cross-sectional caries datasets for Scotland’s 5-year-olds in 1993/94 (n = 5,078); 1995/96 (n = 6,240); 1997/98 (n = 6,584);
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BMC GeriatricsBackground Access to green space is considered beneficial to mental and physical health, though the causal pathways are not completely clear. Accordingly, the objective of this study was to examine how access to green space was associated with low mental
Heidi Lyshol, Rune Johansen
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Health inequalities and occupational health
Journal of UOEH, 2013 There has been an emergent issue of health inequalities in Japan. Tackling health inequalities has been put on the primary agenda in the revised national health promotion campaign, so called "Kenko-Nippon-21"(Healthy Japan 21), which was announced in 2012.
Yoshihisa, Fujino +2 more
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Income Inequality and Self-Rated Health Status: Evidence from the European Community Household Panel [PDF]
We examine the effect of income inequality on individual self-rated health status in a pooled sample of 10 member states of the European Union using longitudinal data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) survey.
Philippe Van Kerm, Vincent Hildebrand
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