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Socioeconomic Disparities in Health Outcomes and Access to Health Care across Three Islands in Comoros.
- Source :
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved; Aug2017, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p1116-1140, 26p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- The purpose of this paper is two-fold. First, to give an overview of the size and measure trends in health inequalities in the Comoros islands (Comoros) since 1996. Second, to assess the wide differences in health and health care across rural/urban areas and islands in Comoros, by using available and comparable leading indicators, in order to promote regular monitoring of policy goals. This assessment is aimed at reducing health inequalities and providing adequate or equal access to health care between islands. Data from the Demographic and Health Survey, Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys from 1996, 2000 and 2012, the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the African Development Bank data sources, were analyzed for a population health-oriented approach characterized by measuring health differences from the population average, taking account of the population size of the social groups on both relative and absolute scales. The results showed that there exist geographic disparities in health in Comoros, mainly in maternal and child health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EVALUATION of medical care
MATERNAL health services
HEALTH services accessibility
RURAL conditions
PRACTICAL politics
HISTORY
POPULATION geography
HEALTH status indicators
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
SURVEYS
CHILD health services
HEALTH equity
METROPOLITAN areas
INFANT mortality
MATERNAL mortality
CHILD mortality
HEALTH care rationing
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10492089
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 124566294
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2017.0101