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Accessibility, affordability and use of health services in an urban area in South Africa

Curationis, 2015
Background: Inequalities in healthcare between population groups of South Africa existed during the apartheid era and continue to exist both between and within many population groups.
Ethelwynn L. Stellenberg
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Cost of access to health services in Zambia [PDF]

Health Policy and Planning, 2002
Equity is an important policy objective in the health care field. The importance of equity in health care provision can be argued from various points of view. As a result governments in all countries attempt to provide health care systems that enable equal access for everyone. Zambia is no exception.
C A, Hjortsberg, C N, Mwikisa
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Barriers in access to legal abortion in the public health system in two Argentine jurisdictions: Rosario and Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, 2019-2020

Salud Colectiva, 2022
In recent decades, decisive events shaping the political and social context surrounding abortion in Argentina culminated in the passing of the Voluntary Termination of Pregnancy (IVE in Spanish) Law in December 2020.
María Victoria Tiseyra, Mercedes Vila Ortiz, Mariana Romero, Edgardo Abalos, Silvina Ramos   +4 more
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O Estado das Disparidades em Saúde dos Luso-Americanos

Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2021
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Carlos A.O. Pavão, Grayson E. Gunn, Rebecca G. Golden   +2 more
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Immigration Policy and Access to Health Services [PDF]

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2013
Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), added in 1996, authorizes the U.S. Immigration and Custom Enforcement (ICE) to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies to enforce federal immigration law during their regular, daily law-enforcement activity (www.ice.gov/287g). The original intent was to “target and
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Gender disparities in access to care for time-sensitive conditions during COVID-19 pandemic in Chile

BMC Public Health, 2021
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, reductions in healthcare utilization are reported in different contexts. Nevertheless, studies have not explored specifically gender disparities in access to healthcare in the context of COVID-19.
Jorge Pacheco, Francisca Crispi, Tania Alfaro, María Soledad Martínez, Cristóbal Cuadrado   +4 more
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Experience of Visiting an Urban Slum: A Medical Student’s Perspective

Journal of Nepal Medical Association
Urban slums are densely populated areas characterized by inadequate housing, poor sanitation, and limited access to essential services. As part of the MBBS curriculum at Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), we visited an urban slum in Balkhu to ...
Prabuddha Bajracharya
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The association between breast cancer capacity and resources with incidence and mortality in Arizona’s low populous counties

Rural and Remote Health, 2021
Introduction: While cancer deaths have decreased nationally, declines have been much slower in rural areas than in urban areas. Previous studies on rural cancer service capacity are limited to specific points along the cancer care continuum (eg ...
Adrienne Lent, Prashanthinie Mohan, Daniel Derksen, William Cance, Leila Barraza, Elizabeth Jacobs, Elizabeth Calhoun   +6 more
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Provider and Parent Perspectives on Prioritizing the “Asking and Monitoring” Pediatric Cancer Psychosocial Standards of Care

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Standards for Psychosocial Care for Children with Cancer and Their Families (“Standards”) are evidence‐based guidelines for psychosocial care in pediatric oncology. Care related to the three “Asking and Monitoring” Standards—Assessment of Psychosocial Needs, Assessment of Financial Needs, and Monitoring Neurocognitive Problems ...
Julia B. Tager, Natalie Koskela‐Staples, Emily M. Pariseau, Michele Scialla, Kimberly Buff, Lori Wiener, Victoria Sardi Brown, Anne E. Kazak, Kimberly S. Canter   +8 more
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Global Efforts to Reduce Paediatric Cancer Care Disparities in Radiotherapy: A Decade Change

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background We present an update on the status, needs and challenges faced by paediatric imaging and radiotherapy (RT) programmes globally after a previous survey conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) 10 years prior. Methods We developed and distributed a 121‐question survey to radiation oncologists, medical physicists and ...
Raymond B. Mailhot Vega, Daniel J. Indelicato, Jeanette Parkes, Natia Esiashvili, Josué Hernández Benítez, Miriam Mikhail‐Lette, Olivera Cirajc Bjelac, Daniel Berger, Eva Ciurana, Yavuz Anacak, Lisbeth Cordero‐Mendez   +10 more
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