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Subjective social status, social network and health disparities: empirical evidence from Greece [PDF]

, 2017
Background Several studies suggest that socioeconomic status affects (SES) affects self-rated health (SRH), both in Greece and internationally.
Antonios Charonis, Ilias Kyriopoulos, Manos Spanakis, Dimitris Zavras, Kostas Athanasakis, Elpida Pavi, John Kyriopoulos   +6 more
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The Health Status of Southern Children: A Neglected Regional Disparity

Pediatrics, 2005
Purpose: Great variations exist in child health outcomes among states in the United States, with southern states consistently ranked among the lowest in the country.
Bryant, Thomas, Dailey, Amy B., Goldhagen, Jeffrey, Livingood, William, Remo, Radley, Watts, Graham, Wludyka, Peter, Wood, David   +7 more
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Relationship Status-based Health Disparities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Social Currents, 2022
Previous research finds that marriage is a privileged family form with health benefits. These health advantages may have shifted during the pandemic, as more time was spent at home and resources strained. This study compares differences in three health outcomes across relationship statuses between April and December 2020 using a nationally ...
Mieke Beth Thomeer
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Perinatal Health Disparities Between Roma and Non-Roma Populations: A Systematic Review [PDF]

Epidemiologia
Background: Women from Roma communities face considerable health inequalities, primarily due to limited access to healthcare systems, alongside broader social and structural disadvantages.
Afroditi Dimogerontaki, Nikoletta Iacovidou, Styliani Paliatsiou, Paraskevi Volaki, Theodoros Xanthos, Ioannis Panagiotopoulos, Zoi Iliodromiti, Theodora Boutsikou, Rozeta Sokou   +8 more
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Cancer survival disparities by health insurance status [PDF]

Cancer Medicine, 2013
AbstractPrevious studies found that uninsured and Medicaid insured cancer patients have poorer outcomes than cancer patients with private insurance. We examined the association between health insurance status and survival of New Jersey patients 18–64 diagnosed with seven common cancers during 1999–2004. Hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals
Niu, Xiaoling, Roche, Lisa M, Pawlish, Karen S, Henry, Kevin A   +3 more
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Understanding Health Disparities: The Role of Race and Socioeconomic Status in Children’s Health

American Journal of Public Health, 2006
Objectives. We sought to determine whether childhood health disparities are best understood as effects of race, socioeconomic status (SES), or synergistic effects of the two. Methods. Data from the National Health Interview Survey 1994 of US children aged 0 to 18 years (n=33911) were used. SES was measured as parental education. Child health measures
Chen, Edith, Andrew D. Martin, Karen A. Matthews   +2 more
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Disparities in Adolescent Health and Health Care: Does Socioeconomic Status Matter? [PDF]

Health Services Research, 2003
Data Collection/Extraction Methods. National household survey.Data Sources/Study Setting. We analyzed data on 12,434 adolescents (10 through 18 years old) included in the 1999 and 2000 editions of the National Health Interview Survey.Study Design. We assessed the presence of income gradients using four income groups.
Paul W. Newacheck, Yun Yi Hung, M. Jane Park, Claire D. Brindis, Charles E. Irwin   +4 more
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Legal status and health disparities: An examination of health insurance coverage among the foreign-born

Demographic Research, 2022
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, Claire Altman, James Bachmeier, Cody Spence   +3 more
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Adjusting for health status in non-linear models of health care disparities [PDF]

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology, 2008
This article compared conceptual and empirical strengths of alternative methods for estimating racial disparities using non-linear models of health care access. Three methods were presented (propensity score, rank and replace, and a combined method) that adjust for health status while allowing SES variables to mediate the relationship between race and ...
Benjamin Lê Cook, Thomas G. McGuire, Ellen Meara, Alan M. Zaslavsky   +3 more
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Racial Disparities in Health Status [PDF]

Diabetes Care, 2010
OBJECTIVE American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.3 times more likely to have diabetes than are individuals in the U.S. general population. The objective of this study was to compare morbidity among American Indian and U.S. adults with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND
Joan O'Connell, Rong Yi, Charlton Wilson, Spero M. Manson, Kelly J. Acton   +4 more
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