Health Status Disparities by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in Outpatients With Heart Failure. [PDF]
Khariton Y+14 more
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Chronic diseases and self-rated health disparity between urban and rural residents in China. [PDF]
This study investigates the significant disparities between urban and rural areas in China, particularly in terms of health status, which are driven by economic inequality and the uneven distribution of healthcare resources.
Yu Wang, Li Liu
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Objective: This paper employs a statistical matching procedure to impute the legal status of foreign-born adults in US Census surveys in order to estimate migration status disparities in health insurance coverage.
Christal Hamilton+3 more
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Assessing the joint effects of education, economic status, empowerment, and employment (4Es) disparities on the co-coverage of maternal, newborn and child health care services in sub-Saharan Africa: an application of the intersectionality approach. [PDF]
Kirakoya-Samadoulougou F+5 more
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Does "AI" stand for augmenting inequality in the era of covid-19 healthcare? [PDF]
Among the most damaging characteristics of the covid-19 pandemic has been its disproportionate effect on disadvantaged communities. As the outbreak has spread globally, factors such as systemic racism, marginalisation, and structural inequality have created path dependencies that have led to poor health outcomes. These social determinants of infectious
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Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in health literacy in Iran: A concentration index approach
Background: Health literacy is a major factor for health promotion and well-being. In spite of several researches on health literacy, information on the subject of the status of health literacy in Asian countries such as Iran is inadequate.
Amir Almasi-Hashiani+8 more
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Elderly persons who live alone in Brazil and their lifestyle
Objective: to assess the prevalence of elderly persons living alone in Brazil, based on covariates of health status, behavior and socio-demographic characteristics. Method: data from 11,967 individuals (aged 60 or over) were obtained from the National
Etienne Larissa Duim Negrini+3 more
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Dynamic Topic Language Model on Heterogeneous Children's Mental Health Clinical Notes [PDF]
Mental health diseases affect children's lives and well-beings which have received increased attention since the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyzing psychiatric clinical notes with topic models is critical to evaluating children's mental status over time.
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The importance of building a therapeutic relationship between a physician and a patient is taught early on in a medical student's training, specifically through the practice of obtaining a patient history.
Emaan Chaudry
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The vexing relationship between socioeconomic status and health
In a recent issue of this Journal, Politzer, Shmueli, and Avni estimate the economic costs of health disparities due to socioeconomic status (SES) in Israel (Politzer et al., Isr J Health Policy Res 8: 46, 2019).
J. Travis Donahoe, Thomas G. McGuire
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