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International Journal for Equity in Health

Ausgabe 1/2018

Inhalt (187 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Social health insurance contributes to universal coverage in South Africa, but generates inequities: survey among members of a government employee insurance scheme

Jane Goudge, Olufunke A. Alaba, Veloshnee Govender, Bronwyn Harris, Nonhlanhla Nxumalo, Matthew F. Chersich

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic status can affect pregnancy outcomes and complications, even with a universal healthcare system

Min Kyoung Kim, Seung Mi Lee, Sung-Hee Bae, Hyun Joo Kim, Nam Gu Lim, Seok-Jun Yoon, Jin Yong Lee, Min-Woo Jo

Open Access Research

Inequality of obstetric and gynaecological workforce distribution in China

Zhenghong Ren, Peige Song, Xinlei Chang, Jiawen Wang, Lin An

Open Access Research

The impact of rural residence and HIV infection on poor tuberculosis treatment outcomes in a large urban hospital: a retrospective cohort analysis

Aishatu Lawal Adamu, Muktar H. Aliyu, Najiba Aliyu Galadanci, Baba Maiyaki Musa, Umar Muhammad Lawan, Usman Bashir, Ibrahim Abubakar

Open Access Study protocol

Health care access for rural youth on equal terms? A mixed methods study protocol in northern Sweden

Isabel Goicolea, Dean Carson, Miguel San Sebastian, Monica Christianson, Maria Wiklund, Anna-Karin Hurtig

Open Access Systematic review

Interventions for preventing or treating malnutrition in homeless problem-drinkers: a systematic review

Sharea Ijaz, Helen Thorley, Katie Porter, Clare Fleming, Tim Jones, Joanna Kesten, Loubaba Mamluk, Alison Richards, Elsa M. R. Marques, Jelena Savović

Open Access Research

From denial to awareness: a conceptual model for obtaining equity in healthcare

Anna T. Höglund, Marianne Carlsson, Inger K. Holmström, Linda Lännerström, Elenor Kaminsky

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Use of health services according to income before and after elimination of copayment in Germany and restriction of universal health coverage in Spain

Lourdes Lostao, Siegfried Geyer, Romana Albaladejo, Almudena Moreno-Lostao, Elena Ronda, Enrique Regidor

Open Access Systematic review

Barriers and facilitators to implementation, uptake and sustainability of community-based health insurance schemes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review

Racha Fadlallah, Fadi El-Jardali, Nour Hemadi, Rami Z. Morsi, Clara Abou Abou Samra, Ali Ahmad, Khurram Arif, Lama Hishi, Gladys Honein-AbouHaidar, Elie A. Akl

Open Access Research

Who benefits from increased service utilisation? Examining the distributional effects of payment for performance in Tanzania

Peter Binyaruka, Bjarne Robberstad, Gaute Torsvik, Josephine Borghi

Open Access Review

Measuring social exclusion in healthcare settings: a scoping review

Patrick O’Donnell, Diarmuid O’Donovan, Khalifa Elmusharaf

Open Access Research

The impact of nursing students on the health-related quality of life and perceived social support of a rural population in Ecuador: effects of a service-based learning course

Rebecca L. Walcott, Angela M. Murcia, Gloria M. Berry, Christian F. Juna, María Isabel Roldós, Phaedra S. Corso

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Health status and air pollution related socioeconomic concerns in urban China

Kaishan Jiao, Mengjia Xu, Meng Liu

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Geographic variation in health insurance benefits in Qianjiang District, China: a cross-sectional study

Yue Wu, Liang Zhang, Xuejiao Liu, Ting Ye, Yongfei Wang

Open Access Research

Effect of socioeconomic inequalities on cholecystectomy outcomes: a 10-year population-based analysis

Ping Lu, Nan-Ping Yang, Nien-Tzu Chang, K. Robert Lai, Kai-Biao Lin, Chien-Lung Chan

Open Access Research

The gendered experience with respect to health-seeking behaviour in an urban slum of Kolkata, India

Moumita Das, Federica Angeli, Anja J. S. M. Krumeich, Onno C. P. van Schayck

Open Access Research

Considering mean and inequality health outcomes together: the population health performance index

David Kindig, Nicholas Lardinois, Yukiko Asada, John Mullahy

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Inequity in dialysis related practices and outcomes in Aotearoa/New Zealand: a Kaupapa Māori analysis

Tania Huria, Suetonia Palmer, Lutz Beckert, Jonathan Williman, Suzanne Pitama

Open Access Research

Factors associated with multiple barriers to access to primary care: an international analysis

L. Corscadden, J. F. Levesque, V. Lewis, E. Strumpf, M. Breton, G. Russell

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Unequal distribution of health human resource in mainland China: what are the determinants from a comprehensive perspective?

Dan Li, Zhongliang Zhou, Yafei Si, Yongjian Xu, Chi Shen, Yiyang Wang, Xiao Wang

Open Access Research

Evaluation of public subsidy for medical travel: does it protect against household impoverishment?

Mariyam Suzana, Helen Walls, Richard Smith, Johanna Hanefeld

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Income inequality and cardiovascular disease risk factors in a highly unequal country: a fixed-effects analysis from South Africa

Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Ichiro Kawachi, S. V. Subramanian, Mauricio Avendano

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Household income, income inequality, and health-related quality of life measured by the EQ-5D in Shaanxi, China: a cross-sectional study

Zhijun Tan, Fuyan Shi, Haiyue Zhang, Ning Li, Yongyong Xu, Ying Liang

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Racial and cultural minority experiences and perceptions of health care provision in a mid-western region

Stephane M. Shepherd, Cynthia Willis-Esqueda, Yin Paradies, Diane Sivasubramaniam, Juanita Sherwood, Teresa Brockie

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How gender theories are used in contemporary public health research

Anne Hammarström, Gunnel Hensing

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Social and environmental determinants of child health in Mongolia across years of rapid economic growth: 2000–2010

Nehal Joshi, Bolormaa Bolorhon, Indermohan Narula, Shihua Zhu, Semira Manaseki-Holland

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Measurement and analysis of equity in health: a case study conducted in Zhejiang Province, China

Xueshan Sun, Hao Zhang, Xiaoqian Hu, Shuyan Gu, Xuemei Zhen, Yuxuan Gu, Minzhuo Huang, Jingming Wei, Hengjin Dong

Open Access Systematic review

Barriers for conducting clinical trials in developing countries- a systematic review

Chalachew Alemayehu, Geoffrey Mitchell, Jane Nikles

Open Access Research

Detecting spatio-temporal mortality clusters of European countries by sex and age

Patricia Carracedo, Ana Debón, Adina Iftimi, Francisco Montes

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Geographical heterogeneity and inequality of access to improved drinking water supply and sanitation in Nepal

Wen-Jun He, Ying-Si Lai, Biraj M. Karmacharya, Bo-Feng Dai, Yuan-Tao Hao, Dong Roman Xu

Open Access Research

Equity of access to maternal health interventions in Brazil and Colombia: a retrospective study

Amaila De La Torre, Zlatko Nikoloski, Elias Mossialos

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Prevalence and intensity of catastrophic health care expenditures in Iran from 2008 to 2015: a study on Iranian household income and expenditure survey

Vahid Yazdi-Feyzabadi, Mina Bahrampour, Arash Rashidian, Ali-Akbar Haghdoost, Mohammadreza Akbari Javar, Mohammad Hossein Mehrolhassani

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Inequalities in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its risk factors in Sri Lanka: a lower middle income country

Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva, Sudirikku Hennadige Padmal De Silva, Rashan Haniffa, Isurujith Kongala Liyanage, Saroj Jayasinghe, Prasad Katulanda, Chandrika Neelakanthi Wijeratne, Sumedha Wijeratne, Lalini Chandika Rajapaksa

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Doing battle with “the monster”: How high-risk heterosexuals experience and successfully manage HIV stigma as a barrier to HIV testing

Marya Gwadz, Noelle R. Leonard, Sylvie Honig, Robert Freeman, Alexandra Kutnick, Amanda S. Ritchie

Open Access Research

Critical considerations for the practical utility of health equity tools: a concept mapping study

Bernadette Pauly, Wanda Martin, Kathleen Perkin, Thea van Roode, Albert Kwan, Tobie Patterson, Samantha Tong, Cheryl Prescott, Bruce Wallace, Trevor Hancock, Marjorie MacDonald

Open Access Research

Challenges for the surgical capacity building of township hospitals among the Central China: a retrospective study

Zhong Li, Jian Yang, Yue Wu, Zijin Pan, Xiaoqun He, Boyang Li, Liang Zhang

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Disparities in cervical screening participation: a comparison of Russian, Somali and Kurdish immigrants with the general Finnish population

Esther E. Idehen, Päivikki Koponen, Tommi Härkänen, Mari Kangasniemi, Anna-Maija Pietilä, Tellervo Korhonen

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Inequities and their determinants in coverage of maternal health services in Burkina Faso

Takondwa Mwase, Stephan Brenner, Jacob Mazalale, Julia Lohmann, Saidou Hamadou, Serge M. A. Somda, Valery Ridde, Manuela De Allegri

Open Access Research

The impact of telephone follow up on adverse events for Aboriginal people with chronic disease in new South Wales, Australia: a retrospective cohort study

Amanda Jayakody, Erin Passmore, Christopher Oldmeadow, Jamie Bryant, Mariko Carey, Eunice Simons, Aaron Cashmore, Louise Maher, Kiel Hennessey, Jacinta Bunfield, Maurice Terare, Andrew Milat, Rob Sanson-Fisher

Open Access Research

Estimating benefit equity of government health subsidy in healthcare Services in Shandong Province, China: a cross-sectional study

Wenzhe Qin, Lingzhong Xu, Jiajia Li, Long Sun, Gan Ding, Hui Shao, Ningze Xu

Open Access Research

Exploring HIV risks, testing and prevention among sub-Saharan African community members in Australia

Amy B. Mullens, Jennifer Kelly, Joseph Debattista, Tania M. Phillips, Zhihong Gu, Fungisai Siggins

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Inequity in the utilization of antenatal and delivery care in Yangon region, Myanmar: a cross-sectional study

Aye Nyein Moe Myint, Tippawan Liabsuetrakul, Thein Thein Htay, Myint Myint Wai, Johanne Sundby, Espen Bjertness

Open Access Research

Geographic health inequalities in Norway: a Gini analysis of cross-county differences in mortality from 1980 to 2014

Eirin K. Skaftun, Stéphane Verguet, Ole F. Norheim, Kjell A. Johansson

Open Access Commentary

Community health workers and accountability: reflections from an international “think-in”

Marta Schaaf, Jonathan Fox, Stephanie M. Topp, Caitlin Warthin, Lynn P. Freedman, Rachel Sullivan Robinson, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, Kerry Scott, Thoko Maboe, Margareth Zanchetta, Ana Lorena Ruano, Maryse Kok, Svea Closser

Open Access Research

Barriers to HIV testing among male clients of female sex workers in Indonesia

Nelsensius Klau Fauk, Anastasia Suci Sukmawati, Pius Almindu Leki Berek, Ernawati, Elisabeth Kristanti, Sri Sunaringsih Ika Wardojo, Isaias Budi Cahaya, Lillian Mwanri

Open Access Research

Measuring financial protection against catastrophic health expenditures: methodological challenges for global monitoring

Justine Hsu, Gabriela Flores, David Evans, Anne Mills, Kara Hanson

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Do free caesarean section policies increase inequalities in Benin and Mali?

Marion Ravit, Martine Audibert, Valéry Ridde, Myriam De Loenzien, Clémence Schantz, Alexandre Dumont

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Determinants of inequalities in the quality of Brazilian diet: trends in 12-year population-based study (2003–2015)

Aline Veroneze de Mello, Flávia Mori Sarti, Jaqueline Lopes Pereira, Moisés Goldbaum, Chester Luiz Galvão Cesar, Maria Cecilia Goi Porto Alves, Regina Mara Fisberg

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The health system accountability impact of prison health committees in Zambia

Stephanie M. Topp, Anjali Sharma, Chisela Chileshe, George Magwende, German Henostroza, Clement N. Moonga

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Perceived barriers to methadone maintenance treatment among Iranian opioid users

Maryam Khazaee-Pool, Maryam Moeeni, Koen Ponnet, Arezoo Fallahi, Leila Jahangiri, Tahereh Pashaei

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Socio-demographic and economics factors associated with suicide mortality in Iran, 2001–2010: application of a decomposition model

Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Giulia Rinaldi, Hossein Shahnavazi, Hamid Bouraghi, Aliasghar A. Kiadaliri

Open Access Research

Context matters for primary health care access: a multi-method comparative study of contextual influences on health service access arrangements across models of primary health care

Bernadette Ward, Riki Lane, Julie McDonald, Gawaine Powell-Davies, Jeff Fuller, Sarah Dennis, Rachael Kearns, Grant Russell

Open Access Research

A population-based study of the influence of socioeconomic status on prostate cancer diagnosis in Taiwan

Chi-Chen Wu, Ching-Heng Lin, Han-Sun Chiang, Ming-Je Tang

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Impact of parental migration on psychosocial well-being of children left behind: a qualitative study in rural China

Chenyue Zhao, Feng Wang, Xudong Zhou, Minmin Jiang, Therese Hesketh

Open Access Research

Why do some physicians choose to tackle inequities in healthcare?

Victoria Nkunu, Kevin J. McLaughlin

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Comparing the income-related inequity of tested prevalence and self-reported prevalence of hypertension in China

Min Su, Yafei Si, Zhongliang Zhou, Chi Shen, Wanyue Dong, Xiaojing Fan, Xiao Wang, Xiaolin Wei

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Perceptions and experiences related to health and health inequality among rural communities in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia: a rapid qualitative assessment

Nicole Bergen, Abebe Mamo, Shifera Asfaw, Lakew Abebe, Jaameeta Kurji, Getachew Kiros, Muluemebet Abera, Gebeyehu Bulcha Duguma, Kunuz Haji Bedru, Manisha A. Kulkarni, Ronald Labonté, Sudhakar Morankar

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Rural-urban disparity in category II vaccination among children under five years of age: evidence from a survey in Shandong, China

Xinyi Zhang, Zerin Imam Syeda, Zhengyue Jing, Qiongqiong Xu, Long Sun, Lingzhong Xu, Chengchao Zhou

Open Access Research

Making free public healthcare attractive: optimizing health equity funds in Cambodia

Bart Jacobs, Ashish Bajracharya, Jyotirmoy Saha, Chhorvann Chhea, Ben Bellows, Steffen Flessa, Adelio Fernandes Antunes

Open Access Research

Contracting-out urban primary health care in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploration of implementation processes and experience

Rubana Islam, Shahed Hossain, Farzana Bashar, Shaan Muberra Khan, Adel A. S. Sikder, Sifat Shahana Yusuf, Alayne M. Adams

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic disparities in abdominal obesity over the life course in China

Panpan Zhao, Xiaoli Gu, Dongfu Qian, Fan Yang

Open Access Research

Setting the agenda for nurse leadership in India: what is missing

Joe Varghese, Anneline Blankenhorn, Prasanna Saligram, John Porter, Kabir Sheikh

Open Access Research

Accountability mechanisms for implementing a health financing option: the case of the basic health care provision fund (BHCPF) in Nigeria

Benjamin Uzochukwu, Emmanuel Onwujekwe, Chinyere Mbachu, Chinyere Okeke, Sassy Molyneux, Lucy Gilson

Open Access Research

Decomposition of gendered income-related inequalities in multiple biological cardiovascular risk factors in a middle-aged population

Paola A. Mosquera, Miguel San Sebastian, Anneli Ivarsson, Per E. Gustafsson

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Widening inequalities in multimorbidity? Time trends among the working population between 2005 and 2015 based on German health insurance data

Juliane Tetzlaff, Jelena Epping, Stefanie Sperlich, Sveja Eberhard, Jona Theodor Stahmeyer, Siegfried Geyer

Open Access Research

Actions of primary health care professionals to reduce maternal mortality in the Brazilian Northeast

Katia M. S. Figueiredo, Gleice A. A. Gonçalves, Hermes M. T. Batista, Marco Akerman, Woneska R. Pinheiro, Vânia B. Nascimento

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The relationship between urbanization and depression in China: the mediating role of neighborhood social capital

Ruoyu Wang, Desheng Xue, Ye Liu, Hongsheng Chen, Yingzhi Qiu

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Prevalence and associated factors of underweight among children 6–59 months of age in Takusa district, Northwest Ethiopia

Getnet Nigatu, Solomon Assefa Woreta, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Melaku Kindie Yenit

Open Access Research

Emergence of three general practitioner contracting-in models in South Africa: a qualitative multi-case study

Linda Mureithi, James Michael Burnett, Adam Bertscher, René English

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Inter-provincial inequality of public health services in China: the perspective of local officials’ behavior

Tianxiang Chen, Ying Wang, Xiaoyi Luo, Yuxuan Rao, Lei Hua

Open Access Research

The unintended consequences of combining equity measures with performance-based financing in Burkina Faso

Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Manuela De Allegri, Idriss Ali Gali-Gali, Valéry Ridde

Open Access Research

Unsafe and unequal: a decomposition analysis of income inequalities in fear of crime in northern Sweden

Beáta Vivien Boldis, Miguel San Sebastián, Per E. Gustafsson

Open Access Research

Patterns of Medicare-funded primary health and specialist consultations in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians in the two years before hospitalisation for ischaemic heart disease

Tiew-Hwa Katherine Teng, Judith M. Katzenellenbogen, Elizabeth Geelhoed, Anthony S. Gunnell, Matthew Knuiman, Frank M. Sanfilippo, Joseph Hung, Qun Mai, Alistair Vickery, Sandra C. Thompson

Open Access Research

Private health insurance in Germany and Chile: two stories of co-existence, segmentation and conflict

Andres Roman-Urrestarazu, Justin C. Yang, Stefanie Ettelt, Inna Thalmann, Valeska Seguel Ravest, Carol Brayne

Open Access Research

The effect of socioeconomic position in the experience of disability among people with mental disorders: findings from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative Portugal

Ana Antunes, Diana Frasquilho, Sofia Azeredo-Lopes, Manuela Silva, Graça Cardoso, José Miguel Caldas-de-Almeida

Open Access Systematic review

Social disparities in patient safety in primary care: a systematic review

Carlotta Piccardi, Jens Detollenaere, Pierre Vanden Bussche, Sara Willems

Open Access Commentary

Punching above their weight: a network to understand broader determinants of increasing life expectancy

Fran Baum, Jennie Popay, Toni Delany-Crowe, Toby Freeman, Connie Musolino, Carlos Alvarez-Dardet, Vinya Ariyaratne, Kedar Baral, Paulin Basinga, Mary Bassett, David M. Bishai, Mickey Chopra, Sharon Friel, Elsa Giugliani, Hideki Hashimoto, James Macinko, Martin McKee, Huong Thanh Nguyen, Nikki Schaay, Orielle Solar, Sundararaman Thiagarajan, David Sanders

Open Access Research

Contracting-out primary health care services in Tanzania towards UHC: how policy processes and context influence policy design and implementation

Stephen Maluka, Dereck Chitama, Esther Dungumaro, Crecensia Masawe, Krishna Rao, Zubin Shroff

Open Access Research

Socioeconomic inequalities in newborn care during facility and home deliveries: a cross sectional analysis of data from demographic surveillance sites in rural Bangladesh, India and Nepal

Erik de Jonge, Kishwar Azad, Munir Hossen, Abdul Kuddus, Dharma S. Manandhar, Ellen van de Poel, Swati Sarbani Roy, Naomi Saville, Aman Sen, Catherine Sikorski, Prasanta Tripathy, Anthony Costello, Tanja A. J. Houweling

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The health needs and access barriers among refugees and asylum-seekers in Malaysia: a qualitative study

Fiona Leh Hoon Chuah, Sok Teng Tan, Jason Yeo, Helena Legido-Quigley

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Differential achievements in childhood immunization across geographical regions of Pakistan: analysis of wealth-related inequality

Owais Raza, Fahad Saqib Lodhi, Esmaeil Khedmati Morasae, Reza Majdzadeh

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Market-orienting reforms in rural health care in Sweden: how can equity in access be preserved?

Linn Kullberg, Paula Blomqvist, Ulrika Winblad

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Can community action improve equity for maternal health and how does it do so? Research findings from Gujarat, India

Asha S. George, Diwakar Mohan, Jaya Gupta, Amnesty E. LeFevre, Subhasri Balakrishnan, Rajani Ved, Renu Khanna

Open Access Research

Contracting non-state providers for universal health coverage: learnings from Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe

Krishna D. Rao, Ligia Paina, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire, Zubin C. Shroff

Open Access Research

Factors influencing performance by contracted non-state providers implementing a basic package of health services in Afghanistan

Ahmad Shah Salehi, Abdul Tawab Kawa Saljuqi, Nadia Akseer, Krishna Rao, Kathryn Coe

Open Access Research

Government resource contributions to the private-not-for-profit sector in Uganda: evolution, adaptations and implications for universal health coverage

Aloysius Ssennyonjo, Justine Namakula, Ronald Kasyaba, Sam Orach, Sara Bennett, Freddie Ssengooba

Open Access Research

Gendered norms of responsibility: reflections on accountability politics in maternal health care in Malawi

Elsbet Lodenstein, Kyra Pedersen, Kondwani Botha, Jacqueline E. W. Broerse, Marjolein Dieleman

Open Access Annotated bibliography

Social vulnerability and its possible relation to the principal causes of morbidity and mortality in the Mexican state of Oaxaca

Ana María González-Villoria, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño Zuñiga

Open Access Correction

Correction to: Inter-provincial inequality of public health services in China: the perspective of local officials’ behavior

Tianxiang Chen, Ying Wang, Xiaoyi Luo, Yuxuan Rao, Lei Hua

Open Access Research

Beyond the template: the needs of tribal women and their experiences with maternity services in Odisha, India

Sana Q. Contractor, Abhijit Das, Jashodhara Dasgupta, Sara Van Belle

Open Access Editorial

Moving towards universal health coverage: engaging non-state providers

Zubin Cyrus Shroff, Krishna Dipankar Rao, Sara Bennett, Ligia Paina, Marie-Gloriose Ingabire, Abdul Ghaffar

Open Access Research

Towards a global monitoring system for implementing the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health: developing a core set of indicators for government action on the social determinants of health to improve health equity

Aluisio Barros, Abdesslam Boutayeb, Christine Brown, Hazel D. Dean, Erica Di Ruggiero, Rita M. Ferrelli, Patricia Frenz, John Glover, Mana Herel, James Humuza, Doris Kirigia, Patricia O’Campo, Frank Pega, Srinath Reddy, Agata Stankiewicz, Tone Torgesen, Nicole B. Valentine, Eugenio Villar

Open Access Research

The distribution of benefits under China’s new rural cooperative medical system: evidence from western rural China

Sha Lai, Chi Shen, Yongjian Xu, Xiaowei Yang, Yafei Si, Jianmin Gao, Zhongliang Zhou, Gang Chen

Open Access Study protocol

An evaluation of health systems equity in Indonesia: study protocol

Virginia Wiseman, Hasbullah Thabrany, Augustine Asante, Manon Haemmerli, Soewarta Kosen, Lucy Gilson, Anne Mills, Andrew Hayen, Viroj Tangcharoensathien, Walaiporn Patcharanarumol

Open Access Research

Emerging themes in food security: environmental justice, extended families and the multiple roles of grandmothers

Ethel Alderete, Lauren Sonderegger, Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable

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Equity and efficiency of primary health care resource allocation in mainland China

Yue Zhang, Qian Wang, Tian Jiang, Jian Wang

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‘Telling our story... Creating our own history’: caregivers’ reasons for participating in an Australian longitudinal study of Indigenous children

Katherine Ann Thurber, Anna Olsen, Jill Guthrie, Rachael McCormick, Andrew Hunter, Roxanne Jones, Bobby Maher, Cathy Banwell, Rochelle Jones, Bianca Calabria, Raymond Lovett

Open Access Research

Influencing factors of inequity in health services utilization among the elderly in China

Xianzhi Fu, Nan Sun, Fei Xu, Jin Li, Qixin Tang, Junjian He, Dongdong Wang, Changqing Sun

Open Access Editorial

Showcasing the contribution of social sciences to health policy and systems research

Stephanie M. Topp, Kerry Scott, Ana Lorena Ruano, Karen Daniels

Open Access Research

Food insecurity and self-rated health in rural Nicaraguan women of reproductive age: a cross-sectional study

Wilton Pérez, Mariela Contreras, Rodolfo Peña, Elmer Zelaya, Lars-Åke Persson, Carina Källestål

Open Access Research

Leadership experiences and practices of South African health managers: what is the influence of gender? -a qualitative, exploratory study

Maylene Shung-King, Lucy Gilson, Chinyere Mbachu, Sassy Molyneux, Kelly W. Muraya, Nkoli Uguru, Veloshnee Govender

Open Access Research

How do gender and disability influence the ability of the poor to benefit from pro-poor health financing policies in Kenya? An intersectional analysis

Evelyn Kabia, Rahab Mbau, Kelly W. Muraya, Rosemary Morgan, Sassy Molyneux, Edwine Barasa

Open Access Research

Government roles in regulating medical tourism: evidence from Guatemala

Ronald Labonté, Valorie A. Crooks, Alejandro Cerón Valdés, Vivien Runnels, Jeremy Snyder

Open Access Research

The experience of interpreter access and language discordant clinical encounters in Australian health care: a mixed methods exploration

Jennifer White, Trish Plompen, Christian Osadnik, Leanne Tao, Emily Micallef, Terry Haines

Open Access Research

Towards a more integrated and gender-sensitive care delivery for victims of sexual assault: key findings and recommendations from the Belgian sexual assault care centre feasibility study

Bavo Hendriks, Anke Marie-Josée Aimé Vandenberghe, Laura Peeters, Kristien Roelens, Ines Keygnaert

Open Access Systematic review

Effectiveness of programs to promote cardiovascular health of Indigenous Australians: a systematic review

Vainess Mbuzi, Paul Fulbrook, Melanie Jessup

Open Access Research

Disruption as opportunity: Impacts of an organizational health equity intervention in primary care clinics

Annette J. Browne, Colleen Varcoe, Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, C. Nadine Wathen, Victoria Smye, Beth E. Jackson, Bruce Wallace, Bernadette (Bernie) Pauly, Carol P. Herbert, Josée G. Lavoie, Sabrina T. Wong, Amelie Blanchet Garneau

Open Access Research

Hospitalization for mental health related ambulatory care sensitive conditions: what are the trends for First Nations in British Columbia?

Josée G. Lavoie, Amanda Ward, Sabrina T. Wong, Naser Ibrahim, Darrien Morton, John D. O’Neil, Michael Green

Open Access Research

Equity assessment of the distribution of CT and MRI scanners in China: a panel data analysis

Luyang He, Hao Yu, Lizheng Shi, Yao He, Jingsong Geng, Yan Wei, Hui Sun, Yingyao Chen

Open Access Research

Adjusting a mainstream weight management intervention for people with intellectual disabilities: a user centred approach

Liz Croot, Melanie Rimmer, Sarah Salway, Chris Hatton, Emma Dowse, Jacquie Lavin, Sarah E. Bennett, Janet Harris, Alicia O’Cathain

Open Access Research

Primary care clinicians’ perspectives about quality measurements in safety-net clinics and non-safety-net clinics

Kathleen A. Culhane-Pera, Luis Martin Ortega, Mai See Thao, Shannon L. Pergament, Andrew M. Pattock, Lynne S. Ogawa, Michael Scandrett, David J. Satin

Open Access Research

Regional differences and determinants of self-rated health in a lower middle income rural Society of China

Lidan Wang, Weizhen Dong, Yunqing Ou, Shuting Chen, Jingjing Chen, Qicheng Jiang

Open Access Research

The relationship between catastrophic health expenditure and health-related quality of life

Seung Hyun Kang, Yeong Jun Ju, Hyo Jung Yoon, Sang Ah Lee, Woorim Kim, Eun-Cheol Park

Open Access Research

Vaccine hesitancy among mobile pastoralists in Chad: a qualitative study

Mahamat Fayiz Abakar, Djimet Seli, Filippo Lechthaler, Esther Schelling, Nhan Tran, Jakob Zinsstag, Daniel Cobos Muñoz

Open Access Research

A turnaround strategy: improving equity in order to achieve quality of care and financial sustainability in Italy

Gianluca Cafagna, Chiara Seghieri, Milena Vainieri, Sabina Nuti

Open Access Research

The inequality of inpatient care net benefit under integration of urban-rural medical insurance systems in China

Xue Yang, Mingsheng Chen, Jinglin Du, Zhonghua Wang

Open Access Research

Area deprivation and attachment to a general practitioner through centralized waiting lists: a cross-sectional study in Quebec, Canada

Mélanie Ann Smithman, Astrid Brousselle, Nassera Touati, Antoine Boivin, Kareen Nour, Carl-Ardy Dubois, Christine Loignon, Djamal Berbiche, Mylaine Breton

Open Access Research

Trends in health resource disparities in primary health care institutions in Liaoning Province in Northeast China

Shuping Wang, Jin Xu, Xiaofeng Jiang, Chaofan Li, Hongmin Li, Suhang Song, Erdan Huang, Qingyue Meng

Open Access Systematic review

How do macro-level structural determinants affect inequalities in mental health? – a systematic review of the literature

A. McAllister, S. Fritzell, M. Almroth, L. Harber-Aschan, S. Larsson, B. Burström

Open Access Research

Equity of primary care service delivery for low income “sicker” adults across 10 OECD countries

Simone Dahrouge, William Hogg, Elizabeth Muggah, Ted Schrecker

Open Access Research

Facilitators and barriers of sociodemographic data collection in Canadian health care settings: a multisite case study evaluation

Hazel Williams-Roberts, Cory Neudorf, Sylvia Abonyi, Jennifer Cushon, Nazeem Muhajarine

Open Access Research

Tuberculosis incidence inequalities and its social determinants in Manaus from 2007 to 2016

Daniel Barros de Castro, Elvira Maria Godinho de Seixas Maciel, Megumi Sadahiro, Rosemary Costa Pinto, Bernardino Cláudio de Albuquerque, José Ueleres Braga