منابع مشابه
The hidden inequity in health care
Inequity is the presence of systematic and potentially remediable differences among population groups defined socially, economically, or geographically [1,2]. It is not the same as inequality, which is a much broader term, generally used in the human rights field to describe differences among individuals, some of which are not remediable (at least with current knowledge). Some languages do not ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Equity in Health
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1475-9276
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-10-15