Measuring health inequalities in Queensland: current picture and trends since 2001

Measuring health inequalities in Queensland: current picture and trends since 2001

Challenges for Policy Makers and Organizational Leaders: Addressing Trends in Mental Health Inequalities

We typically think of acutely and chronically mentally ill patients as those who belong in psychiatric hospitals and the latter category of patients belonging in “regular” hospitals, but the intersection of physical and mental illness draws attention to important challenges for policy-makers and organizational leaders. This article illuminates some broad trends in the health status of people wi...

Analysis of trends in birth outcomes and fertility measures in the rural population of east Azerbaijan province, Iran: 2001 - 2013

Background and Purpose: Birth outcomes and fertility measures are commonly evaluated in Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) in the field of public health. Given the key role of time- trend study in the projection of current data to the future, this population-based study aimed to describe the significant changes of birth outcomes and fertility measures in the rural population...

Measures of health inequalities: part 1.

Accepted for publication 24 February 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D espite ample empirical evidence of socioeconomic differences in health since the mid-19th century, concern about the problem of measurement of health inequalities did not appear until 1991. In that year, Wagstaff et al cautioned that the conclusions reached by different authors about trends in health inequ...

GLOSSARY Measures of health inequalities : part 1

Accepted for publication 24 February 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D espite ample empirical evidence of socioeconomic differences in health since the mid-19th century, concern about the problem of measurement of health inequalities did not appear until 1991. In that year, Wagstaff et al cautioned that the conclusions reached by different authors about trends in health inequ...