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Understanding patients' mobility for treatment seeking in India

open access: yesScientific Reports
Healthcare systems worldwide are grappling with the challenge of providing high-quality healthcare in the face of evolving disease patterns. India, like many other countries, faces a significant treatment gap for various curable impairments, non ...
Ranjan Karmakar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring the concentration of urban population in the negative exponential model using the Lorenz curve, Gini coefficient, Hoover dissimilarity index, and relative entropy

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2021
Background: Stewart (1947) and Clark (1951) proposed that urban population density is a negative exponential function of the distance from a city's center.
Joel E. Cohen
doaj   +1 more source

Formal and Informal Social Care in People With Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Multicenter Survey

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases (RMDs) are leading causes of physical disability, necessitating support with activities of daily living. This study describes social care received by patients with RMDs in two disparate regions of England: Salford (urban) and Norfolk (rural).
Mehreen Somro   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban population density and mortality in a compact Dutch city [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We investigated the association and underlying pathways between urban population density and mortality in a compact mid-sized university city in the Netherlands. Baseline data from the GLOBE cohort study (N = 10,120 residents of Eindhoven) were linked to
Van Lenthe, Frank J   +11 more
core   +1 more source

Differences in health related quality of life among older migrants and nonmigrants in India

open access: yesScientific Reports
Increasing age with migration status might have a double risk of vulnerability to poor health outcomes. There is a lack of population-based studies on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of older migrants in India.
Vasim Ahamad, Ram B. Bhagat
doaj   +1 more source

Cumulative Social Disadvantage and Disease Activity in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance Registry Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Social determinants of health (SDOH) contribute to juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) disparities, but most studies have assessed SDOH independently rather than cumulatively across individual, family, and neighborhood levels. Using a socioecological framework, we investigated the relationship among cumulative social disadvantage ...
William Daniel Soulsby   +448 more
wiley   +1 more source

The less healthy urban population: income-related health inequality in China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background Health inequality has been recognized as a problem all over the world. In China, the poor usually have less access to healthcare than the better-off, despite having higher levels of need.
Kanavos, Panos   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Psychological implications of unemployment among higher educated migrant youth in Kolkata City, India

open access: yesScientific Reports
Mental health issues are intricately linked to socioeconomic background, employment and migration status. However, there remains a gap in understanding the mental health challenges faced by graduate youth in India, particularly in Kolkata City.
Mohai Menul Biswas   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding barriers and enablers of health insurance awareness among older adults in India: Insights from LASI, 2017–18, with a focus on migration statusThe study utilizes a secondary source of data that is freely available in the public domain through .

open access: yesArchives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus
Background: Awareness of health insurance is uneven among older adults in India and remains a critical barrier to enrolment. This study examines the social and structural factors associated with health insurance unawareness among uninsured older adults ...
Samrat Sarkar   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Health Care Use Among Patients Presenting to Emergency Department for Gout Flares in Ontario, Canada: A Population‐Based Health Systems Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We characterized emergency department (ED) gout visits and identified patient characteristics and health services patterns contributing to ED presentations. Methods We conducted a population‐based study of ED gout visits in Ontario, Canada, between 2014 and 2023.
Timothy S. H. Kwok   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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