Background Utilization of primary-care and specialist physicians seems to be associated
differently with socioeconomic status (SES). This review aims to summarize and compare …

A key policy objective in OECD countries is to achieve adequate access to health care for all
people on the basis of need. Previous studies have shown that there are inequities in health …

Denne rapporten handler om sosial ulikhet i helse i Norge–omfang, utviklingstrekk, årsaker
og konsekvenser, og den politikken norske myndigheter fører og bør føre for å redusere …

Background Norway provides universal health care coverage to all residents, but socio-
economic inequalities in health are among the largest in Europe. Evidence on inequalities in …

Objective To describe the self-perceived health care needs of patients with moderate-to-
severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to assess the impact of the functional level at 1 year …

Background In this study we investigated the distribution of self-reported health care
utilisation by education and household income in a county population in Norway, in a …

Background: The aim of this study was to investigate socio-economic inequalities in health
care utilization from the 1980s and through the last 3 decades in a Norwegian county …

Equity in healthcare has been a long-term guiding principle of health policy in India. We
estimate the change in horizontal inequities in healthcare use over two decades comparing …

Equitable access to health care point to equal access to care for those with equal needs, but
pro-rich and pro-educated inequities have been documented in specialized mental health …

Background The proportion of migrants and refugees increase in many populations. Health
planners have to consider how migration will influence demand for health care. This study …