Retirement and perceived social inferiority strongly link with health inequalities in older age : decomposition of a concentration index of poor health based on Polish cross-sectional data [PDF]
, 2016 Identifying mechanisms that generate and sustain health inequalities is a prerequisite for developing effective policy response, but little is known about factors contributing to health inequalities in older populations in post-transitional European ...
Drożdżak, Zuzanna +3 more
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BMC Public HealthBackground 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 +4 more
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Index-Based Inequality in Quality of Care: An Empirical Comparison of Apples and Pears
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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Racial Discrimination and Inequality Impacts on Health Status: Black & White in the US
, 2022 In this study, racial discrimination and inequality in socioeconomic aspects and their impact on psychological and physical health were discussed. The focus has been on blacks(African Americans), who live in the United States.
Abdel Hamid, Hadeel Issa
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Socioeconomic inequalities in the Pace of Aging
Aging, 2023 Schrempft, S., Stringhini, S.
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Inequalities in waiting times by socioeconomic status [PDF]
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2014 Waiting times for elective care are a major health policy issue in many developed countries. Recent empirical studies suggest that inequalities in waiting times by socioeconomic status are present within publicly-funded systems in several countries. In this short commentary I discuss alternative approaches regarding data, methods and interpretation of ...
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The Manifestos : Policies Addressing Socioeconomic Inequality in Scotland [PDF]
In recent weeks, the main political parties released their 2024 election manifestos. These provide an outline of the policies they intend to implement if elected, or push for in opposition.
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Child Maltreatment and the Ecosystem of Socioeconomic Inequities and Inequalities
JAMA Network Open, 2022 Abidemi, Okechukwu, Ivo, Abraham
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PLoS ONE, 2018 ObjectiveWe examined whether the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion reduced socioeconomic inequalities in health care utilization.MethodsWe used data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, covering the 50 U.S.
Shiho Kino, Ichiro Kawachi
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A Fixed-Effects Analysis of How Income Inequality in a Municipality Affects Individual Mortality in Norway [PDF]
There is still much uncertainty about the impact of income inequality on health and mortality. Some studies have supported the original hypothesis about adverse effects, while others have shown no effects, and a few even indicated beneficial effects.
Kravdal, Øystein
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