Unequal Access

Unequal racial access to kidney transplantation.

Unequal access: insurance instability among low-income workers and minorities.

Analysis of health insurance coverage and employment patterns from 1996 through 1999 reveals even higher uninsured rates and greater insurance instability among low-income adults and minorities than had been previously documented. Most low-income adults worked during the four years, but many had no or only intermittent job-based coverage. Low-income Hispanic adults were particularly hard hit: m...

Unequal Access Regulating V(D)J Recombination through Chromatin Remodeling

Alt and colleagues (Yancopoulos and Alt, 1985), supposes that the packaging of the TCR and Ig loci into chromatin differs in T cells and B cells, and that this packaging varies according to the activity of the loci. In accordance with this hypothesis, active V(D)J recombi-Chromatin is organized into repeat units called nucleo-somes, which are in turn folded into progressively higher order struc...

Unequal Access to Public Healthcare Facilities: Theory and Measurement Revisited

Adequate coverage and efficiency of public health services are high priorities for sustainable growth and development. In many countries, public healthcare continues to fall short of demand, and remains unevenly distributed among the population. As in other areas of project appraisal, studies on social equity and access to public utilities are fraught with theoretical and empirical questions. B...

Issues of Unequal Access to Public Health in India

Health in India is a state subject. Although the central government shares a significant part in establishing health care infrastructure, each of the Indian states determines their priorities for health care financing, and provides services to the population. India’s 12th plan document1 promises to build upon the initiatives that were taken in the 11th plan and expand the reach and coverage of ...