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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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The Impact of Health Literacy and Socioeconomic Status on Asthma Disparities [PDF]

Journal of Asthma, 2012
Racial/ethnic disparities have been well documented in asthma. While socioeconomic status (SES) has been repeatedly implicated as a root cause, the role of limited health literacy has not been extensively studied. The purpose of this study was to examine the independent contributions of SES and health literacy in explaining asthma disparities.A cohort ...
Laura M, Curtis, Michael S, Wolf, Kevin B, Weiss, Leslie C, Grammer   +3 more
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Understanding the Changing Landscape of Health Disparities in Chronic Liver Diseases and Liver Cancer

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, Arielle S. Gillman, Vanessa J. Marshall, Rina Das   +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, Alina Schnake-Mahl, Pricila H. Mullachery, Mariana Lazo, Ana V. Diez Roux, Usama Bilal   +5 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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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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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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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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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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