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Has socioeconomic inequality in perceived access to health services narrowed among older adults in China? [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Objective To analyze the degree, evolution and causes of socioeconomic inequality in perceived access to health services among the older adults in China.
Jiaoli Cai, Yue Li, Ruoxi Li, Peter C. Coyte   +3 more
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The long-term effects of adverse childhood experiences on adult health and behaviors: mediating role of socioeconomic inequality [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Despite extensive research into the health effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), there remains a need for nationally representative data to assess the associations between ACEs and both adult health and behaviors, focusing on the ...
Yanling Shu, Zheng Zhang, Hengyu Wang, Chunling Wang, Linfei Dou, Wenhua Wang, Lei Zhang, Jianing Bi, Mingyang Wu   +8 more
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Socioeconomic inequality in malnutrition in developing countries

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2008
OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to report on socioeconomic inequality in childhood malnutrition in the developing world, to provide evidence for an association between socioeconomic inequality and the average level of malnutrition, and to ...
Ellen Van de Poel, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Niko Speybroeck, Tom Van Ourti, Jeanette Vega   +4 more
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Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in household out of pocket health expenditures in Pakistan (2010-11–2018-19) [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background The increased socioeconomic inequality in catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) disproportionately affects disadvantaged populations, subjecting them to financial hardships, limiting their access to healthcare, and exacerbating their ...
Muhammad Zubair, Lubna Naz, Shyamkumar Sriram   +2 more
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Decomposing socioeconomic inequality in the dietary diversity practice among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Child malnutrition is a significant global burden, leaving millions of children malnourished. To mitigate this huge burden, child dietary diversity is used as one of the major interventions applied in the first two years of life.
Lemlem Daniel Baffa, Berhanu Mengistu, Fikreab Desta   +2 more
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Socioeconomic inequality in exposure to second-hand smoke among middle-aged adults of the RaNCD cohort study: a decomposition analysis [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background Secondhand smoke (SHS) can cause various health problems among different age groups worldwide. Socioeconomic factors may influence the distribution of SHS exposure among population subgroups.
Omid Khosravi, Mohammad Bazyar, Moslem Soofi, Shahin Nargesi, Ali Khorshidi   +4 more
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Decomposing socioeconomic health inequalities [PDF]

International Journal of Public Health, 2010
This Hints & Kinks paper describes a technique enabling quantification of the contributions of determinants to socioeconomic inequality in health. This technique, differing from an analysis investigating the determinants of average health levels, has received considerable attention from health economists (van Doorslaer and Gerdtham 2003; van Doorslaer ...
Spybroeck, N., Konings, P., Lynch, J., Harper, S., Berkvens, D., Lorant, V., Geckova, A., Hosseinpoor, A.   +7 more
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Socioeconomic inequalities in Europe

Economic Analysis and Policy, 2021
Abstract Empirical evidence on Europe integration indicates a process of convergence between countries, but not within regions. We aim to assess the relationship between spatial and social inequalities in the EU regions for the 2000–2016 period.
Sanchez Carrera Edgar Javier, Rombaldoni Rosalba, Pozzi Riccardo   +2 more
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Socioeconomic inequality in short birth interval in Ethiopia: a decomposition analysis

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Short birth interval, defined as a birth-to-birth interval less than 33 months, is associated with adverse maternal and child outcomes.
Desalegn Markos Shifti, Catherine Chojenta, Elizabeth G. Holliday, Deborah Loxton   +3 more
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The neuroscience of socioeconomic inequality

Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2020
A burgeoning literature has recently begun investigating the links between socioeconomic inequality and the developing brain. This work suggests widespread disparities in both brain structure and function that begin as early as the first year of life.
Kimberly G, Noble, Melissa A, Giebler
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