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Did health reform improve financial protection for disadvantaged groups in Ecuador? A socio-economic inequality assessment of catastrophic health expenditures 2006-2014

BMJ Open
Objectives Latin American countries have long struggled with socioeconomic inequalities and health equity. In 2007, Ecuador implemented a health reform to address these issues by making public health services free, coordinating finances between ...
Anni-Maria Pulkki-Brännström, Miguel San Sebastian, Enrique Teran, Edy Quizhpe Ordóñez   +3 more
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Reduce cancer inequity and inequality to reduce cancer mortality

The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, 2023
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Addressing challenges in the implementation of precision oncology: An in-depth examination of limitations and disparities in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer in the Brazilian public healthcare system (SUS)

Global Public Health
Precision oncology (PO) has significantly advanced lung cancer treatment by enabling personalised therapy based on genetic mutations. However, equitable access to molecular testing and targeted therapies remains a challenge, particularly in resource ...
Luma Princess Schneider, Jean Henri Maselli-Schoueri, Barbara de Souza Gutierres Aguiar, Pedro Nazareth Aguiar, Auro del Giglio   +4 more
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Racial inequalities in access to healthcare services in Brazil (2019): a decomposition analysis

BMC Health Services Research
Background Racial and ethnic inequalities in access to healthcare services pose a significant challenge for many countries, with ethnic minorities and Afro-descendants frequently experiencing poorer access to services and health outcomes. However, little
Rony Coelho, Matías Mrejen, Lucas Falcão, Rudi Rocha, Thomas Hone   +4 more
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Flipping data on its head: Differing conceptualisations of data and the implications for actioning Indigenous data sovereignty principles

Global Public Health
Indigenous data sovereignty is of global concern. The power of data through its multitude of uses can cause harm to Indigenous Peoples, communities, organisations and Nations in Canada and globally.
Stephanie Cunningham-Reimann, Aarti Doshi, Sterling Stutz, Gabriel B. Tjong, Angela Mashford-Pringle   +4 more
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Examining wage inequality among women in India: A multidimensional analysis of socio-economic disparities.

PLoS ONE
Using the nationally representative Indian Human Development Surveys 2004-05 and 2011-12 and multiple inequality measures/frameworks, we investigate both vertical (within-group/interpersonal) and horizontal (between-group/inter group) socioeconomic ...
Anam Pandoh, Ashish Singh
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Vaccine implementation reduces inequity [PDF]

The Lancet Global Health, 2018
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Reducing Retirement Inequality

Abstract Many older people are poorly prepared to finance their retirement years. This volume explores the determinants and dynamics of inequality in retirement income in the United States, with an emphasis on inequality by race and ethnicity.
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Reduce inequality to reduce abortion [PDF]

Nature, 2017
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Editorial: Nutrition and sustainable development goal 10: reduced inequalities

Frontiers in Nutrition
Emmanuel Cohen
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