Horizontal inequity trends of health care utilization in rural China after the medicine and healthcare system reform: based on longitudinal data from 2010 to 2018 [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2023 Background To assess the effectiveness of China's medicine and health care reform in promoting equity in health care utilization among rural residents, it is necessary to analyze temporal trends in equity in health care utilization among rural residents ...
Jinpeng Xu +13 more
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Assessment of horizontal inequity in eye care utilization in the Iranian middle-aged population [PDF]
Journal of Ophthalmic & Vision Research, 2018 Purpose: The present study was designed to determine the extent that horizontal inequity was realized regarding eye care utilization in a middle-aged population as well as factors affecting this equity. Methods: Data were obtained from a population-based
Maedeh Raznahan +4 more
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Trends in horizontal inequity in access to public health care services by immigrant condition in Spain (2006–2017) [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019 Background The objective of this research is to analyse trends in horizontal inequity in access to public health services by immigration condition in Spain throughout the period 2006–2017.
Jaime Pinilla +2 more
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Horizontal inequity in the utilisation of Continuum of Maternal Health care Services (CMHS) in India: an investigation of ten years of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2022 Background Continuum of Maternal Health Care Services (CMHS) has garnered attention in recent times and reducing socio-economic disparity and geographical variations in its utilisation becomes crucial from an egalitarian perspective.
Sumirtha Gandhi +2 more
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Ethnic minority health in Vietnam: a review exposing horizontal inequity [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2013 Background: Equity in health is a pressing concern and reaching disadvantaged populations is necessary to close the inequity gap. To date, the discourse has predominately focussed on reaching the poor.
Mats Målqvist +4 more
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Income-related inequality and horizontal inequity in healthcare utilization under population aging and labor market changes in Japan [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in HealthBackground Population aging, changes in employment patterns, and widening income disparities have caused concerns about equity in healthcare access within Japan’s universal health insurance system.
Takashi Oshio, Ruru Ping, Ayako Honda
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Horizontal inequity in the use and access to health care in Uruguay [PDF]
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020 Resumen Antecedentes En 2007 el gobierno uruguayo comenzó una reforma del sector salud tendiente a la construcción de un Sistema Nacional Integrado de Salud, basado en un seguro público con provisión privada y pública. El principal objetivo de la reforma
Cecilia González, Patricia Triunfo
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Socioeconomic-related inequities in child immunization: horizontal and vertical dimensions for policy insights [PDF]
Health Economics ReviewBackground The incomplete immunization has potentially exposed vulnerable children, especially from the socioeconomically disadvantage group, to vaccine preventable diseases.
MD Azharuddin Akhtar +3 more
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Horizontal inequity in public health care service utilization for non-communicable diseases in urban Vietnam [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2014 Background: A health system that provides equitable health care is a principal goal in many countries. Measuring horizontal inequity (HI) in health care utilization is important to develop appropriate and equitable public policies, especially policies ...
Vu Duy Kien +4 more
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Does income-related inequity exist in the utilization of home and community-based services among older adults in China? A cross-sectional study based on the China health and retirement longitudinal study 2018 [PDF]
BMC GeriatricsBackground With escalating population aging, the significance of ensuring equitable access to elderly care services is becoming increasingly prominent.
Songjia Zhang +10 more
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