Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations
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Closing the health equity gap: evidence-based strategies for primary health care organizations
INTRODUCTION International evidence shows that enhancement of primary health care (PHC) services for disadvantaged populations is essential to reducing health and health care inequities. However, little is known about how to enhance equity at the organizational level within the PHC sector. Drawing on research conducted at two PHC Centres in Canada whose explicit mandates are to provide services...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Equity in Health
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-11-59