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Socioeconomic Inequalities in Small-for-Gestational-Age Births Before and During the Economic Crisis: An Ecologic Study of Trends in 13 Spanish Cities
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Small-for-Gestational-Age Births Before and During the Economic Crisis: An Ecologic Study of Trends in 13 Spanish Cities
Economic recessions can increase socioeconomic inequalities in health. The objective of this study was to analyze socioeco...
Impacts of Absolute and Relative Income on Self-Rated Health in Urban and Rural China
Impacts of Absolute and Relative Income on Self-Rated Health in Urban and Rural China
This study aims to assess the impacts of absolute and relative income on self-rated health (SRH) of residents in rural and...
Risking Lives to Save Others During COVID-19: A Focus on Public Health Care Workers in Bangladesh and Egypt
Risking Lives to Save Others During COVID-19: A Focus on Public Health Care Workers in Bangladesh and Egypt
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been spreading around the world, causing a major public health crisis that has alr...
Health Care Utilization by Older Adults in Nepal: An Investigation of Correlates and Equity in Utilization
Health Care Utilization by Older Adults in Nepal: An Investigation of Correlates and Equity in Utilization
This study aims to evaluate factors associated with health care utilization (HCU) and to assess vertical and horizontal eq...
Health Care Policies and COVID-19 Prevalence: Is There Any Association?
Health Care Policies and COVID-19 Prevalence: Is There Any Association?
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has affected almost all countries and territories. As of December 6, 2020...
Migration of Medical Professionals: The Case of Psychiatric Trainees in Spain
Migration of Medical Professionals: The Case of Psychiatric Trainees in Spain
The social and economic situation in Europe seems to play a role in the migratory flow of doctors and other health profess...
Impact of the Economic Crisis on Endocarditis Mortality in Spain: A Nationwide Study
Impact of the Economic Crisis on Endocarditis Mortality in Spain: A Nationwide Study
Economic recession has dire consequences on overall health. None have explored the impact of economic crisis (EC) on infec...
The Relation Between Precarious Employment Arrangements and Social Precarity: Findings from the PREMIS Study in Stockholm, Sweden
The Relation Between Precarious Employment Arrangements and Social Precarity: Findings from the PREMIS Study in Stockholm, Sweden
Precarious employment (PE) is a well-known social determinant of health and health inequalities. However, as most previous...
Recognition Investigation of Community Pharmacists Implementing Good Pharmacy Practice in Korea
Recognition Investigation of Community Pharmacists Implementing Good Pharmacy Practice in Korea
This study aimed to verify, for the first time, the need for Good Pharmacy Practice (GPP) regulations as guidelines to pro...
Who Is Responsible for Causing and Solving the Problem? Responsibility Attribution of Medical Disputes in Chinese Print Media
Who Is Responsible for Causing and Solving the Problem? Responsibility Attribution of Medical Disputes in Chinese Print Media
This study provides an insight into medical journalism practice by examining how news media have framed who is responsible...
The Health of Indigenous Populations in South Asia: A Critical Review in a Critical Time
The Health of Indigenous Populations in South Asia: A Critical Review in a Critical Time
Despite South Asia’s promising social inclusion processes, staggering social and health inequalities leave indigenous popu...
Determinants of Legislation on Social Health Insurance in Transition Countries
Determinants of Legislation on Social Health Insurance in Transition Countries
This study aims to address the question: Why did transition countries enact laws related to social health insurance (SHI) ...
Accountable Government Spending: A Cross-National Analysis of Child Mortality in Developing Nations
Accountable Government Spending: A Cross-National Analysis of Child Mortality in Developing Nations
What can national governments do to improve their capacity for well-being? While increasing public medical care expenditur...
Effectiveness of Government Policies in Controlling COVID-19 in India
Effectiveness of Government Policies in Controlling COVID-19 in India
The purpose of this study is to find the demographic factors associated with the spread of COVID-19 and to suggest a measu...
Measuring the Commercial Determinants of Health and Disease: A Proposed Framework
Measuring the Commercial Determinants of Health and Disease: A Proposed Framework
The commercial determinants of health (CDoH) describe the adverse health effects associated with for-profit actors and the...
Privatized Medicare Advantage for All: The Latest Assault on U.S. Health Care
Privatized Medicare Advantage for All: The Latest Assault on U.S. Health Care
Privatized Medicare Advantage has grown rapidly among seniors in the United States in recent years. It is now being promot...
Inequalities in Older age and Primary Health Care Utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
Inequalities in Older age and Primary Health Care Utilization in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review
The objective of this research was to systematically review and synthesize quantitative studies that assessed the associat...
Mandatory Public Health Measures for Coronavirus-19 Are Associated With Improved Mortality, Equity and Economic Outcomes
Mandatory Public Health Measures for Coronavirus-19 Are Associated With Improved Mortality, Equity and Economic Outcomes
The impact of public health measures on the coronavirus-2019 pandemic was analyzed by comparing mandatory versus voluntary...
German Pharmaceutical Pricing: Lessons for the United States
German Pharmaceutical Pricing: Lessons for the United States
To control pharmaceutical spending and improve access, the United States could adopt strategies similar to those introduce...
The Future of Work in America: Demise of Employer-Sponsored Insurance and What Should Replace it
The Future of Work in America: Demise of Employer-Sponsored Insurance and What Should Replace it
The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought fundamental changes in the US workplace, placing employer-sponsored health insurance (ES...
Spatial Analysis of the Sociodemographic Characteristics, Comorbidities, Hospitalization, Signs, and Symptoms Among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases in the State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Spatial Analysis of the Sociodemographic Characteristics, Comorbidities, Hospitalization, Signs, and Symptoms Among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases in the State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
After more than 1 year from the beginning of the pandemic, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reached all contine...
Health Shocks and Unbalanced Growth of Medical Resources: Evidence From the SARS Epidemic in China
Health Shocks and Unbalanced Growth of Medical Resources: Evidence From the SARS Epidemic in China
Since the outbreak of the SARS epidemic in 2003, the Chinese government has increased inputs to bolster the health care sy...
Structural Violence and its Effects on Children Living in War and Armed Conflict Zones: A Palestinian Perspective
Structural Violence and its Effects on Children Living in War and Armed Conflict Zones: A Palestinian Perspective
The recent events in Palestine–Israel once again have brought anger and frustration to people inside and outside the medic...
Health Disparities Among Workers With Standing Position and Limited Restroom Access: A Cosmetics Saleswomen Study in South Korea
Health Disparities Among Workers With Standing Position and Limited Restroom Access: A Cosmetics Saleswomen Study in South Korea
Korean cosmetics sales workers in department stores face harmful working environments, including limited restroom access, ...
Does Eco-Certification Correlate with Improved Financial Performance? Evidence From a Longitudinal Study in the US Hospital Industry
Does Eco-Certification Correlate with Improved Financial Performance? Evidence From a Longitudinal Study in the US Hospital Industry
Health care-based negative production externalities, such as greenhouse gas emissions, underscore the need for hospitals t...
Psychosocial Intervention Model of Kerala, India During Pandemic COVID-19: “Ottakkalla Oppamundu (You’re not alone, we’re with you)”
Psychosocial Intervention Model of Kerala, India During Pandemic COVID-19: “Ottakkalla Oppamundu (You’re not alone, we’re with you)”
Globally, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in several psychosocial manifestations across all ...
Rapid Scoping Review on the Topic of Ensuring Social Protection and Basic Services to Inform the United Nations Framework for the Immediate Socioeconomic Response to COVID-19
Rapid Scoping Review on the Topic of Ensuring Social Protection and Basic Services to Inform the United Nations Framework for the Immediate Socioeconomic Response to COVID-19
This rapid scoping review has informed the development of the UN Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery on the topic o...
Punitive Social Policy and Vital Inequality
Punitive Social Policy and Vital Inequality
Geographical inequalities in life and death are among the world's most pronounced in the United States. However, the drivi...
U.S.-Imposed Economic Sanctions on Iran in the COVID-19 Crisis From the Human Rights Perspective
U.S.-Imposed Economic Sanctions on Iran in the COVID-19 Crisis From the Human Rights Perspective
One of the obvious impacts of comprehensive economic sanctions is on pharmaceuticals and supplies, which are essential ele...
The Privatization of the Italian National Health System and its Impact on Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: The COVID-19 Case
The Privatization of the Italian National Health System and its Impact on Health Emergency Preparedness and Response: The COVID-19 Case
Hospitals play a critical role in providing essential care during emergencies; however, this essential care can overwhelm ...
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