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Socio-demographic disparity in oral health among the poor: a cross sectional study of early adolescents in Kilwa district, Tanzania [PDF]
BMC Oral Health, 2010 Background There is a lack of studies considering social disparity in oral health emanating from adolescents in low-income countries. This study aimed to assess socio-demographic disparities in clinical- and self reported oral health status and a number ...
Astrom Anne N +3 more
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Health Status Disparities by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status in Outpatients With Heart Failure. [PDF]
JACC Heart Fail, 2018 This study sought to describe the health status of outpatients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) by sex, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES).Although a primary goal in treating patients with HFrEF is to optimize health status, whether disparities by sex, race/ethnicity, and SES exist is unknown.In the CHAMP-HF (Change ...
Khariton Y +14 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 +7 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 +3 more
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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 +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 +4 more
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University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2021 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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European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology: X, 2023 Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of high SES on multiple pregnancy outcomes, while controlling for confounding factors. Methods: Using the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample (HCUP-NIS), the
Laura Nicholls-Dempsey +3 more
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Gastro Hep Advances, 2023 Liver disease and liver cancer disparities in the United States are reflective of complex multiple determinants of health. This review describes the disproportionate burden of liver disease and liver cancer among racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender ...
Olga M. Herren +3 more
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Health disparities in past influenza pandemics: A scoping review of the literature
SSM: Population Health, 2023 Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing health disparities. To provide a historical perspective on health disparities for pandemic acute respiratory viruses, we conducted a scoping review of the public health literature of health ...
Angela D'Adamo +5 more
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