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A Publicly Well-Accepted Measure Versus an Academically Desirable Measure of Health Inequality: Cross-Sectional Comparison of the Difference Between Income Quintiles With the Slope Index of Inequality [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2019
Objectives The difference between income quintiles in health is relatively well accepted by the general public as a measure of health inequality. However, the slope index of inequality (SII) in health reflects the patterns of all social groups, including the middle 60%, and it could therefore be considered more ...
Hee-Yeon Kang, Dohee Lim, Ikhan Kim
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Index-Based Inequality in Quality of Care: An Empirical Comparison of Apples and Pears [PDF]

Clinical Epidemiology, 2021
Vibe Bolvig Hyldgård,1,2 Søren Paaske Johnsen,3 Rikke Søgaard1,4 1Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark; 2Health Economics, DEFACTUM, Central Region Denmark, Aarhus, Denmark; 3Danish Center for Clinical Health Services Research,
Hyldgård VB, Johnsen SP, Søgaard R
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Regional inequalities in years of life lost within the European Economic Area: Using the Gini coefficient and slope index of inequality to assess spatial disparities [PDF]

European Journal of Public Health
Abstract Background Health inequalities have been linked to reduced life expectations. This study aimed to investigate regional variations in all-cause years of life lost (YLLs) in European Economic Area (EEA) countries prior to the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Varga, O, Baravelli, C, Chen-Xu, J, Mahrouseh, N, Eikemo, T A, Grad, D, Wyper, G, Badache, A, Balaj, M, Charalampous, P   +9 more
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Global Inequality and Injustice in Mortality Burden from Floods and Landscape Fire-Sourced Air Pollution [PDF]

Health Data Science
Background: Climate change amplifies the frequency and severity of landscape fire and floods, creating disproportionate health risks across countries. Yet, global disparities and injustices in mortality attributable to these climate-related risks remain ...
Bingjie Zhou, Rongbin Xu, Zhengyu Yang, Yuming Guo   +3 more
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Socioeconomic health equity with malaria burden: quantifying slope (Relative) index of inequity in malaria infection outcomes in the Southeastern-coastal Tanzania

BMC Public Health
Background Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in Tanzania, with socioeconomic factors playing crucial roles in disease outcomes. While previous studies have explored the relationship between socioeconomic status and malaria infection ...
Longsheng Liu, Shenning Lu, Wei Ding, Zhebin Wang, Salim Abdulla, Shan Lv, Shizhu Li, Prosper P. Chaki, Xiao-Nong Zhou, Yeromin Paul Mlacha, Duoquan Wang   +10 more
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Health inequalities in the global reproductive-age population: GBD 2021 trends and female-male differences, 1990–2021 [PDF]

iScience
Summary: Socioeconomic health inequality among reproductive-age populations remains insufficiently characterized globally. Using GBD 2021 data for individuals aged 15–49 years in 204 countries and territories, we assessed disability-adjusted life year ...
Xueneng Yang, Ruijuan Li, Wendong Luo
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Absolute and relative socioeconomic inequalities in cancer screening participation among adults aged 40–74 years in South Korea: a repeated cross-sectional study [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Cancer is the leading cause of death in South Korea, underscoring the importance of screening. Despite the implementation of the National Cancer Screening Programme, persistent socioeconomic disparities remain a public health challenge.
TaeKyun Won, Eunvin Kang, Young-Joo Won
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Assessing Cross-Country Inequalities in Global Burden of Gastrointestinal Cancers: Slope and Concentration Index Approach

Discover Oncology
New cases and deaths of gastrointestinal cancers are predicted to increase significantly by 2040. This study aims to explore cross-country inequalities and trends in global burdens of colon and rectum cancer (CRC), esophageal cancer (EC) and gastric cancer (GC).Data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019 were analyzed to examine trends in ...
Xiaoxue Liu, Yongbo Wang
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Socioeconomic inequalities in unmet dental care needs in Spain [PDF]

Frontiers in Oral Health
ObjectiveSocioeconomic inequalities in access to dental care remain a critical public health challenge in Spain, where adult coverage is limited and largely financed through out-of-pocket payments.
Sergio Zuniga-Jara, Martin Zuniga-Soria, Sofia Ruiz-Campo, Karla Soria-Barreto   +3 more
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Socioeconomic inequality in preterm birth in four Brazilian birth cohort studies

Jornal de Pediatria, 2018
Objective: To analyze economic inequality (absolute and relative) due to family income in relation to the occurrence of preterm births in Southern Brazil. Methods: Four birth cohort studies were conducted in the years 1982, 1993, 2004, and 2011. The main
Ana Daniela Izoton de Sadovsky, Alicia Matijasevich, Iná S. Santos, Fernando C. Barros, Angelica Espinosa Miranda, Mariangela Freitas Silveira   +5 more
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