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Bridging inequity gaps in healthcare through tailored support: implementation perspectives of the Social Health Bridge-Building Programme
Published 2025-02-01“…However, these systems have not eliminated social inequities in health. Significant socio-economic disparities persist in access to and utilisation of healthcare services, as well as in the quality and outcomes of care. …”
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Health system financing fragmentation and maternal mortality transition in Mexico, 2000–2022
Published 2025-01-01“…Conclusion The results of this study confirm the close relationship between maternal mortality and social inequalities, and suggest that affiliation with social security has ceased to be a differentiating factor in recent years. …”
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Navigating diabetes care inequities: an observational study linking chronic care model’s structural elements to process and outcomes of type 2 diabetes care in Belgium
Published 2025-01-01“…Abstract Background Although the Chronic Care Model (CCM) provides the essential structural components of practice organisation to deliver high-quality type 2 diabetes (T2D) care, little is known about which of its elements are most important, and the extent to which it may reduce social inequities in the quality of T2D care. This study aims to assess the association between the implementation of CCM’s structural elements and the quality of T2D care processes and outcomes in Flanders (Belgium), paying specific attention to differences by patients’ socioeconomic vulnerability. …”
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Biological embodiment of educational attainment and future risk of breast cancer: findings from a French prospective cohort
Published 2025-02-01“…Many studies support the hypothesis that education has a distinctive effect on physiological processes associated with health, independently of known risk factors.Objectives In this study, we aimed to determine whether the biological embodiment of education could be part of the observed social inequalities in BC risk. We focused on biomarkers from several physiological systems examined individually, and jointly through a biological health score (BHS).Design Prospective cohort study.Setting This study, based on a subsample of the French E3N cohort, included women with biological data from four nested case–control studies.Participants The study included 3048 postmenopausal women (17% BC).Main outcome measures We first evaluated the association between educational attainment and each biomarker, separately (N=11) and by combining them into a BHS, indicative of an augmented biological health hazard when elevated. …”
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Unequal ageing: the quality of life of senior citizens in the EU before and after COVID-19. A multidimensional approach
Published 2025-01-01“…Seniors in economically vulnerable regions were disproportionately affected by social isolation and reduced income, intensifying the pre-existing challenges in their living conditions.Quantitative analysis confirmed that while some regions showed resilience, the most vulnerable populations experienced a sharp decline in their overall quality of life, particularly between 2019 and 2022.DiscussionThe findings from this study highlight the persistence of economic and social inequalities in the life conditions among seniors across the EU. …”
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