Road traffic crashes: operationalizing equity in the context of health sector reform.
Road traffic crashes: operationalizing equity in the context of health sector reform.
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DOI:
10.1076/icsp.10.1.11.14117
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发表时间:
2003-03-01
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通讯作者:
Brown, Hilary
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作者:
Evans, Tim;Brown, Hilary
BackgroundGradations in health status and health care among population subgroups exist across time and space in all countries of the world. Disparities persist in the risk of disease, morbidity and mortality rates, and social consequences of ill health, as well as access to treatment and quality of care received. In some circumstances, differential levels of health do not invoke questions of fairness and are thus considered unequal. However, when normative judgment deems such differences as fundamentally unfair or avoidable, they are considered inequitable. Variations in health can be seen across a number of socially stratifying forces captured by the acronym PROGRESS, standing for place of residence, religion, occupation, gender, race/ethnicity, education, socioeconomic status, and social networks and capital. The purpose of this comprehensive list is to highlight the multidimensionality of the distribution of health among population subgroups and to point to some of the methodological challenges involved in measuring different types of indicators across these various strata.