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Health Equity, 2019 Purpose: There is growing concern that value-based payment for health care may disadvantage health care organizations that serve populations with social risk.
Judy H. Ng
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Social differences in the utilization of medical services by children and adolescents in Germany. Results of the cross-sectional KiGGS Wave 2 study [PDF]
Journal of Health Monitoring, 2018 Data from the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) enable conclusions about the utilization of outpatient and inpatient medical services by children and adolescents accounting the family’s socioeconomic ...
Thomas Lampert +3 more
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Communities in Action: Pathways to Health Equity [PDF]
, 2017 In the United States, some populations suffer from far greater disparities in health than others. Those disparities are caused not only by fundamental differences in health status across segments of the population, but also because of inequities in ...
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Disparities in Health Care Utilization by Smoking Status – NHANES 1999-2004 [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2009 The objective of this study was to assess disparities in health care utilization, by smoking status, among adults in the United States.We used 1999–2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 15,332 adults.Multivariate logistic regressions were used to examine the relationship between smoking status (current, former, and ...
Kahende, Jennifer W. +4 more
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The newfound relationship between extrachromosomal DNAs and excised signal circles
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Extrachromosomal DNAs (ecDNAs) contribute to the progression of many human cancers. In addition, circular DNA by‐products of V(D)J recombination, excised signal circles (ESCs), have roles in cancer progression but have largely been overlooked. In this Review, we explore the roles of ecDNAs and ESCs in cancer development, and highlight why these ...
Dylan Casey, Zeqian Gao, Joan Boyes
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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020 Background Although the prevalence of child stunting is falling in Latin America, socioeconomic inequalities persist. However, there is limited evidence on ethnic disparities.
Giovanna Gatica-Domínguez +3 more
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Addressing Health Disparities Through Organizational Change - Evaluation Report [PDF]
, 2012 In the coming decades, racial and ethnic minorities will constitute more than 50% of many states' populations -- including that of Colorado. Individuals of racial and ethnic minority status are disproportionally affected by disease and disability and ...
Kien Lee, LaKeesha Woods
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FEBS Letters, EarlyView.This study reveals how the mitochondrial protein Slm35 is regulated in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The authors identify stress‐responsive DNA elements and two upstream open reading frames (uORFs) in the 5′ untranslated region of SLM35. One uORF restricts translation, and its mutation increases Slm35 protein levels and mitophagy.
Hernán Romo‐Casanueva +5 more
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Necessity of Analyzing the Korea Community Health Survey Using 7 Local Government Types [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public HealthObjectives This study examined the potential of a new analytical framework for the Korea Community Health Survey (KCHS) with classification criteria for the sub-national governmental level, the degree of urbanization including an urban-rural multimodal ...
Seowoo Park +5 more
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Putting Women's Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level [PDF]
, 2009 Assesses the racial/ethnic disparities in women's health status, access to and utilization of health care, and social factors such as poverty and gender wage gap by state.
Alina Salganicoff +5 more
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