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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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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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The vexing relationship between socioeconomic status and health
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2020 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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Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in health literacy in Iran: A concentration index approach
International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2019 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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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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Elderly persons who live alone in Brazil and their lifestyle
Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia, 2018 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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Economic Inequality in Eye Care Utilization and its Determinants: A Blinder–Oaxaca Decomposition [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2014 Background The current study aimed to determine eye care utilization, to assess the role of economic inequality in the utilization of eye care services, and to identify its determinants in Shahroud, North of Iran.
Mohammad Hassan Emamian +5 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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Black-white mental status trajectories: What ages do differences emerge?
SSM: Population Health, 2018 Objectives: Studies of older U.S. adults have consistently found that African Americans perform worse on cognitive measures than whites, but there are inconsistencies as to whether these findings hold over time.
DeAnnah R. Byrd +2 more
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