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Disparity in Health Screening and Health Utilization according to Economic Status [PDF]

Korean Journal of Family Medicine, 2017
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) has become the most common cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Health screening is associated with higher outpatient visits for detection and treatment of CVD-related diseases (diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and dyslipidemia).
Kim, Min Jung, Lee, Hyejin, Kim, Eun Ha, Cho, Mi Hee, Shin, Dong Wook, Yun, Jae Moon, Shin, Jung-Hyun   +6 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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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, Mahmoud Abbasi, Mohammad Tavakol, Vali Baigi, Mehri Mohammadi, Javad Nazari, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Yahya Shadi, Majid Taheri   +8 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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Massachusetts Health Reform and Disparities in Coverage, Access and Health Status [PDF]

Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2010
Massachusetts health reform has achieved near-universal insurance coverage, yet little is known about the effects of this legislation on disparities.Since racial/ethnic minorities and low-income individuals are over-represented among the uninsured, we assessed the effects of health reform on disparities.Cross-sectional survey data from the Behavioral ...
Jane, Zhu, Phyllis, Brawarsky, Stuart, Lipsitz, Haiden, Huskamp, Jennifer S, Haas   +4 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, Carla Ferreira do Nascimento, Alexandre da Silva, José Leopoldo Ferreira Antunes   +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, Hojjat Zeraati, Reza Majdzadeh, Mohammad Shariati, Hassan Hashemi, Akbar Fotouhi   +5 more
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Vitamin D Status, Gender Differences, and Cardiometabolic Health Disparities [PDF]

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2017
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Vitamin D deficiency is an unrecognized epidemic found in India and also worldwide. Despite the high prevalence of diabetes among Indians, there is a paucity of data showing the relationship between vitamin D status and cardiometabolic disparities.
Dharambir K, Sanghera, Bishwa R, Sapkota, Christopher E, Aston, Piers R, Blackett   +3 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, Gilbert C. Gee, Wassim Tarraf   +2 more
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Health Literacy and Income Mediate Racial/Ethnic Asthma Disparities

Health Literacy Research and Practice, 2019
Background: Health literacy and socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with both race/ethnicity and asthma outcomes. The extent to which health literacy and SES mediate racial/ethnic asthma disparities is less clear. Objective: To determine if health
Ryan G. Seibert, Michael R. Winter, Howard J. Cabral, Michael S. Wolf, Laura M. Curtis, Michael K. Paasche-Orlow   +5 more
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