We conducted the first synthesis of theories on causal associations and pathways
connecting degree of control in the living environment to socio-economic inequalities in …

Gender-based discrimination is reported across the spectrum of paediatric healthcare
including emergency, inpatient, outpatient and preventive care and is mostly reported from …

This article explores the problem of cognitive delays among toddlers in rural China and the
role of their caregivers in producing low levels of cognition (ie, low IQ). According to the …

Objective To investigate gender discrimination in access to healthcare and its relationship
with the patient's age and distance from the healthcare facility. Design and setting An …

Most existing multidimensional poverty measures, such as the global-MPI and the MPI-LA,
use the household as the unit of analysis, which means that the multidimensional poverty …

Background While the gender disparity in health and mortality in various stages of life in
India is well documented, there is limited evidence on female disadvantage in health-care …

Gender discrimination within the household exists in many contexts. In societies where the
norm is to not expect future support from daughters, parents may invest even less in the …

Despite the vast literature on health care expenditures (HCE) and health care financing
strategies (HCFS) in low-and middle-income countries, there is limited evidence of gender …

Big data and the internet of things in smart cities play an increasingly important role in the
health of urban residents. However, few studies have collected empirical evidence to …

Background This study examines health-related" hardship financing" in order to get better
insights on how poor households finance their out-of-pocket healthcare costs. We define …