introduction: the mortality rate of children is one of the most important indicators to measuring the development of countries. equitable access to pediatricians is an important factor in reducing child mortality and promoting society health. the aim of this tudy was to investiget the inequality and trend of geographic accessibility to pediatricians in iran in the period 2007 to 2013. materials...

The controversy regarding the direct relationship between income distribution and health remains unresolved. Empirical evidence has often failed to advance our understanding because in the countries studied there was limited ability to distinguish hypotheses. This study examines the relation between inequality and mortality in the context of Costa Rica. Costa Rica's unique social and political ...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic inequality in health has been a major concern in public health. This study examined socioeconomic inequality in regional mortality and the impact on inequality by cause of deaths in 1973-1977 and 1993-1998 using municipal statistics in Japan. METHODS The municipalities across the country (N = 3244 in 1973-1977 and 3334 in 1993-1998) were classified into quintiles acco...

Deaton and Lubotsky (2003) found that the robust positive relationship across American cities between mortality and income inequality became small, insignificant, and/or non-robust once they controlled for the fraction of each city's population that is black. Ash and Robinson (Ash, M., & Robinson D. Inequality, race, and mortality in US cities: a political and econometric review. Social Science...

BACKGROUND Thailand has achieved remarkable improvement in health status since the achievement of universal health coverage in 2002. Health equity has improved significantly. However, challenges on health inequity still remain.This study aimed to determine the trends of geographical inequalities in disease specific mortality in Thailand after the country achieved universal health coverage. ME...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the association between area income inequality and mortality after adjustment for individual income and other established risk factors. DESIGN Analysis of pooled data from two cohort studies. The relation between income inequality in small areas of residence (parishes) and individual mortality was examined with Cox proportional hazard analyses. SETTING Two population st...

OBJECTIVE To examine the changing relation between income inequality and mortality through different stages of economic development in Taiwan. DESIGN Regression analysis of mortality on income inequality for three index years: 1976, 1985, and 1995. SETTING 21 counties and cities in Taiwan. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES All age mortality and age specific mortality in children under age 5. RESULT...

This paper is an observational study of particular historical trends in mortality inequality within Great Britain, comparing England and Wales with Scotland for the period 1925-2005. The inequalities in mortality within Great Britain have become more apparent over time. Growing inequality in premature mortality in Britain affected young Scottish men most severely after 1995. It would appear tha...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between income inequality and the risk of mortality and readmission within 30 days of hospitalization. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries in the United States. Hierarchical, logistic regression models were developed to estimate the association between income inequality (measured at the US state level) and a patient's risk of morta...

BACKGROUND Socioeconomic inequality in health and mortality remains a disturbing reality across nations including Bangladesh. Inequality drew renewed attention globally. Bangladesh though made impressive progress in health, it makes an interesting case for learning. This paper examined the trends and changing pattern of socioeconomic inequalities in under-five mortality in rural Bangladesh. It ...