Building disability-inclusive health systems

H Kuper, DR Gatta, S Rotenberg, LM Banks… - The Lancet Public …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Health systems often fail people with disabilities, which might contribute to their shorter life
expectancy and poorer health outcomes than people without disabilities. This Review …

Towards an agenda of action and research for making health systems responsive to the needs of people with disabilities

TV Nguyen, S Kane - The Lancet Regional Health–Western Pacific, 2024 - thelancet.com
Ensuring health systems responsiveness is crucial for health equity and outcomes of all
individuals, particularly disadvantaged groups such as people with disabilities. However …

All-cause and cause-specific mortality inequalities between people with and without disability: a nationwide data linkage study in Australia

Y Yang, P Summers, Z Aitken, A Kavanagh… - The Lancet Public …, 2025 - thelancet.com
Background Without high-quality statistics on mortality inequalities, designing policies to
improve the health of people with disability is challenging. We aim to quantify mortality …

Inclusion of people with disabilities in Chilean health policy: a policy analysis

D Rodríguez Gatta, P Gutiérrez Monclus… - International Journal for …, 2024 - Springer
Background Around 18% of the population in Chile has disabilities. Evidence shows that this
population has greater healthcare needs, yet they face barriers to accessing healthcare due …

Closing the mortality gap for people with disabilities

H Kuper, S Rotenberg - The Lancet Public Health, 2025 - thelancet.com
There are about 1· 3 billion people with disability globally, and their higher mortality rates
mean that they are dying about 14 years earlier than people without disability. 1, 2 In this …

Disability inclusion in research and health care

H Kuper, T Shakespeare - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Globally, one in six people have a disability, and individuals with disabilities often
experience a narrow margin of health, less financial security and health disparities. We call …

A multicriteria decision-making approach to create accessible environments to empower mobility-impaired individuals

SM Alzanin, AH Gumaei - Journal of Disability Research, 2024 - scienceopen.com
Individuals with mobility disabilities can experience numerous health advantages when
connecting with nature in various ways, such as passive enjoyment, active participation, or …

[HTML][HTML] Improved functional status from people with disabilities discharged from day medical care homes from 2017-2023 in Poland

L Warsz, M Jankowski, J Oberska, M Gujski - Geriatric Nursing, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to assess changes in the functional status of 956 patients with disabilities
covered by day care in Day Medical Care Homes in Poland between 2017 and 2023 …

Building leadership in disability inclusion in health

H Kuper, W Mpanju-Shumbusho, T Shakespeare - The Lancet, 2025 - thelancet.com
There are 1∙ 3 billion disabled people globally. 1 Many of these individuals live positive lives
and celebrate important achievements, but they also frequently face challenges to inclusion …

[HTML][HTML] Risk of all-cause mortality in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

PE Kao, A Ker - Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the risk of all-cause
mortality in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Design Comprehensive searches were …