OBJETIVO: Determinar si las barreras y los elementos facilitadores de acceso a la atención
de salud son transversales a distintas poblaciones, países y patologías, e identificar en qué …

Introduction In low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), the probability of dying in
childhood is strongly related to the socio-economic position of the parents or household in …

Introduction Low/middle-income countries (LMICs) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are
increasingly turning to public contributory health insurance as a mechanism for removing …

World Health Statistics 2010 contains WHO's annual compilation of data from its 193
member states, and includes a summary of progress towards the health-related millennium …

Background Despite a fast-growing economy and the largest anti-malnutrition programme,
India has the world's worst level of child malnutrition. Despite India's 50% increase in GDP …

Background The objective of this study was to estimate the burden of disease and injury in
Iran for the year 2003, using Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALYs) at the national level and …

A thorough, practical reference on the social patterns behind health outcomes Methods in
Social Epidemiology provides students and professionals with a comprehensive reference …

Background We assessed change in household catastrophic health care expenditures
(CHE) and inequality in facing such expenditures in south-west Tehran. Methods A cluster …

Background Whether non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are diseases of poverty or
affluence in low-and-middle income countries has been vigorously debated. Most analyses …

We introduce a general decomposition method applicable to all forms of bivariate rank
dependent indices of socioeconomic inequality in health, including the concentration index …