In terms of mental health services uses, inequalities arise in the setting were care is delivered: less well-off use more primary care and less specialised care, are more likely to be admitted in a non-teaching, psychiatric hospitals with long length of stay. The lower the socio-economic ...
Focuses on the inequalities of health status as material and immaterial consequences of lower income, professional or social status in the society in Great Britain. Evaluation of the healthcare systems from several countries; Scrutiny on the incentive provided as part of the market mechanism; Issues...
Policies to reduce inequalities in health are needed in many different settings, one of which is the healthcare setting. This paper, drawing on the conclus... McKee,M. - 《Scandinavian Journal of Public Health Supplement》 被引量: 49发表: 2002年 Health inequalities among Latinos: what do we...
Unlike the example of age-related health differences, disparities in health outcomes across racial/ethnic groups could be aggressively prevented. Policies and programs that im- prove access to health and prenatal care for underserved US racial/ethnic groups, for example, could reduce unjust differences...
Over time, global health systems have witnessed significant improvements in the delivery and coverage of healthcare services. Nevertheless, the increasing prominence of non-communicable diseases remains a persistent challenge. Diabetes is one such non-co
Further, recent interest in reforming health-care systems and the debates on priority-setting and rationing in different countries have raised new fears of increasing inequalities in access to health care. This paper presents a critical analysis of a number of different approaches to conceptualising, ...
Background: Ethnic/racial inequalities in access to and quality of healthcare have been repeatedly documented in the USA. Although there is some evidence of inequalities in England, research is not so extensive. Ethnic inequalities in use of primary and secondary health services, and in outcomes ...
Socioeconomic inequalities in adolescent health predict future inequalities in adult health. Subjective measures of socioeconomic status (SES) may contribute with an increased understanding of these inequalities. The aim of this study was to investigate
always reach recommended LDL-C level goals,”said Professor David Nanchen, University of Lausanne, Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisanté), Lausanne, Switzerland.“These findings underscore the need for more widespread attention to better manage the risk of cardiovascular disease in ...
Finally, results suggest that access to treatments within a specialist setting is generally less equal than access to treatments provided within a GP setting. Equity implications of the results are then discussed according to different possible theories of distributive justice in health care delivery. ...