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Newest firstIntroduction/ObjectivesThis study assesses the impact of natural disasters on the inequality of quality ANC utilization. MethodsThis study uses data from the 2017-18 Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey and monthly hazard reports from NIRAPAD. Inequalities in maternal healthcare utilization were measured using the Health Opportunity Index, and contributions of socioeconomic factors were decomposed using Shaple…
Open article record in new tab ↗Out-of-pocket (OOP) healthcare expenditures are a major barrier to achieving universal health coverage in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). In Honduras, OOP payments constitute a significant burden, particularly for vulnerable populations. However, evidence on the socioeconomic distribution of these expenditures and their determinants remains scarce. This study aims to examine the socioeconomic inequalitie…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic and associated national lockdowns created unprecedented disruption to healthcare, with reduced access to services and planned clinical encounters postponed or cancelled. It was widely anticipated that failure to obtain timely treatment would cause progression of illness and increased hospital admissions. Additional concerns were that social and spatial inequalities would widen given…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundArtificial intelligence (AI) techniques have been proposed for automation of cine CMR segmentation for functional quantification. However, in other applications AI models have been shown to have potential for sex and/or racial bias. ObjectivesTo perform the first analysis of sex/racial bias in AI-based cine CMR segmentation using a large-scale database. MethodsA state-of-the-art deep learning (DL) model…
Open article record in new tab ↗BackgroundUnderstanding of the role of ethnicity and socioeconomic position in the risk of developing SARS-CoV-2 infection is limited. We investigated this in the UK Biobank study. MethodsThe UK Biobank study recruited 40-70 year olds in 2006-2010 from the general population, collecting information about self-defined ethnicity and socioeconomic variables (including area-level socioeconomic deprivation and educatio…