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International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020 Background The high fragmentation and decentralization in the provision of health care services that characterizes Argentina’s health system, as well as the economic and social inequalities, challenge the achievement of the Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
Alfredo Palacios +2 more
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Triangulating horizontal inequality [PDF]
Journal of Peace Research, 2015 Does economic inequality cause civil war? Deviating from individualist measures of inequality such as the Gini coefficient, recent studies have found a statistical link between group-level inequalities and conflict onset. Yet, this connection remains controversial, not least because of the difficulties associated with conceptualizing and measuring ...
Cederman, L-E, Weidmann, N, Bormann, NC
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BMC Public Health, 2021 Background The aim of this study was to assess the trends in equity of receiving inpatient health service utilization (IHSU) in China over the period 2011–2018. Methods Longitudinal data obtained from China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Studies were
Xiaojing Fan +4 more
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Horizontal inequality and data challenges [PDF]
Social Indicators Research, 2018 Inequality and social exclusion receive considerable contemporary policy attention. In the field of international development, inequality—both vertical (between individuals and households) and horizontal (between groups)—is a core concern in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Carla Canelas, Rachel M. Gisselquist
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Policies towards Horizontal Inequalities [PDF]
, 2008 This book has argued that severe Horizontal Inequalities (HIs) predispose countries to violent conflict as well as reducing individuals’ well-being. Relevant HIs include socioeconomic, political and cultural status dimensions, and they are particularly damaging when they are consistent across dimensions.
Stewart, F, Brown, G, Langer, A
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Inequity and benefit incidence analysis in healthcare use among Syrian refugees in Egypt
Conflict and Health, 2021 Background The Syrian conflict has created the worst humanitarian refugee crisis of our time, with the largest number of people displaced. Many have sought refuge in Egypt, where they are provided with the same access to healthcare services as Egyptian ...
Hani Fares, Jaume Puig-Junoy
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BMJ Open, 2023 Objectives Equity in health service utilisation is a central objective for health systems. Middle-aged and elderly patients with multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) are particularly vulnerable to healthcare inequity.
Min Su +5 more
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Social Mobility and Horizontal Inequality [PDF]
, 2021 Abstract Research on social mobility has paid considerable attention to links with inequality. The vast majority of this work, however, has focused on ‘vertical’ inequality between individuals or households, rather than ‘horizontal’ inequality between groups in society.
Patricia Funjika, Rachel M. Gisselquist
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Inequity in Health Services Utilization in Economically Underdeveloped Regions of Northeast China
Frontiers in Public Health, 2022 BackgroundThe Chinese health system has long been committed to eliminating inequalities in health services utilization. However, few studies have analyzed or measured these inequalities in economically underdeveloped regions in China.MethodsA total of 6 ...
Xin Zhang +27 more
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The comparison of healthcare utilization inequity between URRBMI and NCMS in rural China
International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019 Background The inequity of healthcare utilization in rural China is serious, and the urban-rural segmentation of the medical insurance system intensifies this problem.
Zengwen Wang +4 more
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