Sustainable inventory management in blood banks considering health equity using a combined metaheuristic-based robust fuzzy stochastic programming

M Sohrabi, M Zandieh, M Shokouhifar - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the challenges of healthcare systems toward sustainable inventory
management of blood products. In this regard, three main goals are pursued; First …

Equity in the use of physician services in Canada's universal health system: A longitudinal analysis of older adults

MH Pulok, M Hajizadeh - Social Science & Medicine, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents longitudinal evidence on the trends and determinants of income-related
inequities in general practitioner (GP), specialist, and any physician visits among older …

Socioeconomic inequality in the use of long-term care among European older adults: An empirical approach using the share survey

J Lera, M Pascual-Sáez… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The increase in the proportion of elderly people in developed societies has several
consequences, such as the rise in demand for long-term care (LTC). Due to cost …

Socioeconomic and environmental factors associated with waterpipe tobacco smoking among Iranian adults: a PERSIAN cohort-based cross-sectional study

TZ Moghadam, H Zandian, M Fazlzadeh, ME Kalan… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) is associated with several deleterious health
outcomes. We sought to estimate the prevalence of WTS and explore socioeconomic …

Horizontal inequity in the utilisation of healthcare services in Australia

MH Pulok, K van Gool, J Hall - Health Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The Australian universal healthcare system aims to ensure affordable and equitable use of
healthcare services based on individual health needs. This paper presents empirical …

Explaining socioeconomic inequality in cervical cancer screening uptake in Malawi

GC Chirwa - BMC public health, 2022 - Springer
Background Cervical cancer is a prevalent public health concern and is among the leading
causes of death among women globally. Malawi has the second highest cervical cancer …

Socioeconomic inequalities in child malnutrition in Bangladesh: do they differ by region?

MM Hasan, J Uddin, MH Pulok, N Zaman… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Socioeconomic inequality in child malnutrition is well-evident in Bangladesh. However, little
is known about whether this inequality differs by regional contexts. We used pooled data …

Demographic factors effect stroke-related healthcare utilisation among Australian stroke survivors

D Sibbritt, J Bayes, W Peng, J Adams - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Health equity is a fast emerging priority for most healthcare systems around the world.
Factors impacting health equity include education level, geographical location, age, gender …

Patient and caregiver characteristics associated with differential use of primary care for children and young people in the UK: a sco** review

K Herbert, L Herlitz, J Woodman, C Powell, S Morris - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective To systematically map evidence to answer the research question: What is the
relationship between the characteristics of children and young people (CYP) or their …

Revisiting a decade of inequality in healthcare financial burden in Cambodia, 2009–19: trends, determinants and decomposition

A Fernandes Antunes, T Jithitikulchai… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Springer
Background Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure (OOPHE) without adequate social
protection often translates to inequitable financial burden and utilization of services. Recent …