International Journal for Equity in Health

Papers
(The TQCC of International Journal for Equity in Health is 8. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Healthcare equity in focus: bridging gaps through a spatial analysis of healthcare facilities in Irbid, Jordan386
Access to health insurance amongst people with disabilities and its association with healthcare use, health status and financial protection in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review138
Prevalence and factors associated with undocumented children under-five in Haiti126
Intersectionality analysis of young people’s experiences and perceptions of discrimination in primary health centers in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria107
Do state laws reduce uptake of Medicaid/CHIP by U.S. citizen children in immigrant families: evaluating evidence for a chilling effect102
Can payment by results ensure equitable access to contraceptive services? a qualitative case study79
Exploring the association between multidimensional poverty and antenatal care utilization in two provinces of Papua New Guinea: a cross-sectional study75
Inequities in access to palliative and end-of-life care in the black population in Canada: a scoping review64
Implementing community based inclusive development for people with disability in Latin America: a mixed methods perspective on prioritized needs and lessons learned58
Spatial accessibility and equity of primary healthcare in Zhejiang, China56
Barriers to health, social and long-term care access among older adults: a systematic review of reviews53
Multidomain and multilevel strategies to improve equity in maternal and newborn health services in Nepal: perspectives of health managers and policymakers50
How to make healthy early childhood development more likely in marginalized Roma communities: a concept mapping approach48
Financial protection effects of private health insurance: experimental evidence from Chinese households with resident basic medical insurance45
Placing equity at the heart of eHealth implementation: a qualitative pilot study43
Inequalities in life expectancy in Australia according to education level: a whole-of-population record linkage study43
Social and economic impacts of non-communicable diseases by gender and its correlates: a literature review41
Policy disparities in response to COVID-19 between Singapore and China40
The relationship between neighbourhood income and youth mental health service use differs by immigration experience: analysis of population-based data in British Columbia, Canada39
Reaching the unheard: overcoming challenges in health research with hard-to-reach populations39
Maternal social determinants of health: the hidden face of perinatal mortality in Mexico39
Saying and doing are different things: a scoping review on how health equity is conceptualized when considering healthcare system performance39
Utilising quantitative methods to study the intersectionality of multiple social disadvantages in women with common mental disorders: a systematic review38
Regional disparities and influencing factors of high quality medical resources distribution in China37
A scoping review of inequities in access to organ transplant in the United States36
Feminism, gender medicine and beyond: a feminist analysis of "gender medicine"36
Temporal trends in inequalities of the burden of cardiovascular disease across 186 countries and territories35
Influence of health food literacy on willingness to pay for healthier foods: focus on food insecurity34
Intrinsic capacity trajectories and socioeconomic inequalities in health: the contributions of wealth, education, gender, and ethnicity33
Social and structural determinants of emergency department use among Arab and Jewish patients in Jerusalem32
Is universal health coverage really better? Unintended consequences of the 2019 Amendment of the National Health Insurance Act for humanitarian sojourners in South Korea31
Race and ethnicity in the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium: demographics, treatments, and outcomes, an international observational registry study30
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban-rural outpatient primary care utilisation in Malaysia: a retrospective time series and spatiotemporal analysis30
Effects of medicaid expansion on poverty disparities in health insurance coverage30
Communication practices with patients using a language other than French: a cross-sectional survey in a university hospital in France30
Effect of comorbidities and risk conditions on death from COVID-19 in migrants in Mexico28
Letter to the editor: will it be possible to achieve the global nutrition targets in Mexico by 2030?28
Health gender gap in Uganda: do weather effects and water play a role?28
The evolution trend of availability of China’s community-based care services and its impact on the cognitive function of elderly people: 2008-201827
Exploring theoretical mechanisms of community-engaged research: a multilevel cross-sectional national study of structural and relational practices in community-academic partnerships26
From office to digital primary care services: analysing income-related inequalities in utilization25
How accessible are the websites of health services for people who have had a stroke?25
Perceptions of health and coping strategies among temporary migrant workers in East and Southeast Asia: a systematic review25
Challenges and strategies for navigating Australian healthcare access: experience from Chinese international students24
Inequities in the delivery of mental health care: a grounded theory study of the policy context of primary care24
Effects of material hardship on depression among adults in South Korea: insights from by the Korea Welfare Panel Study 2008–201724
Horizontal inequity in the utilisation of Continuum of Maternal Health care Services (CMHS) in India: an investigation of ten years of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)24
“We should be at the table together from the beginning”: perspectives on partnership from stakeholders at four research institutions in sub-Saharan Africa24
Aboriginal families living with MJD in remote Australia: questions of access and equity24
Influence of health literacy on health outcomes of different social strata—— an empirical study based on the data of China's health literacy investigation23
Inequality in the distribution of Covid-19 vaccine: a systematic review23
Healthcare inequities and healthcare providers: we are part of the problem23
Negative consequences of conflict-related sexual violence on survivors: a systematic review of qualitative evidence23
Development of an individual index of social vulnerability that predicts negative healthcare events: a proposed tool to address healthcare equity in primary care research and practice22
Prevalence and gender disparities of type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity in Esmeraldas, Ecuador: a population-based survey in a hard-to-reach setting22
A scoping review exploring oral health inequalities in India: a call for action to reform policy, practice and research22
Urban–rural disparities in the association of nitrogen dioxide exposure with cardiovascular disease risk in China: effect size and economic burden22
Correction: Improving accessibility to radiotherapy services in Cali, Colombia: cross-sectional equity analyses using open data and big data travel times from 202021
Skin diseases among the tribal population of Kerala: the challenges and way forward21
Help-seeking and challenges faced by transwomen following exposure to gender-based violence; a qualitative study in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area, Uganda21
Equity trends for the UHC service coverage sub-index for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Pakistan: evidence from demographic health surveys21
Correction: Financial burden and health-seeking behaviors related to chronic diseases under the National Health Insurance Scheme in Bolikhamxay Province, Lao PDR: a cross-sectional study21
Social and geographic inequalities in water, sanitation and hygiene access in 21 refugee camps and settlements in Bangladesh, Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, and Zimbabwe21
Spatial differentiation and driving factors of the high-quality development of undertakings for the aged of China21
Breaking the cycle: how Spain’s dependency care system creates occupational inequalities in geriatric nursing assistants and the need for reform21
The unvirtuous cycle of discrimination affecting people with hepatitis B: a multi-country qualitative assessment of key-informant perspectives21
The gap in life expectancy and lifespan inequality between Iran and neighbour countries: the contributions of avoidable causes of death20
Group-based trajectory models of integrated vaccine delivery and equity in low- and middle-income countries20
Socioeconomic inequalities in physiological risk biomarkers and the role of lifestyles among Russians aged 35-69 years20
A policy analysis of policies and strategic plans on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Ethiopia20
The critical pharmaceutical situation in Sudan 2023: A humanitarian catastrophe of civil war20
Reflective questioning to guide socially just global health reform: a narrative review and expert elicitation20
On the frontlines20
Spatial effects of air pollution on the economic burden of disease: implications of health and environment crisis in a post-COVID-19 world20
Inequality of opportunity in outpatient expenditure among the elderly with multimorbidity: evidence from China20
Association between gene methylation and experiences of historical trauma in Alaska Native peoples20
Examining global Indigenous community wellness worker models: a rapid review20
Emerging professional practices focusing on reducing inequity in speech-language therapy and audiology: a scoping review19
Socioeconomic inequalities in health behaviors: exploring mediation pathways through material conditions and time orientation19
Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT and HEAT Plus): exploring inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic era19
How should implementation of the human right to health be assessed? A scoping review of the public health literature from 2000 to 202119
Cultural determinants of health for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – a narrative overview of reviews18
Trends in the distribution of socioeconomic inequalities in smoking and cessation: evidence among adults aged 18 ~ 59 from China Family Panel Studies data18
Empowering access: unveiling an overall composite spatial accessibility index to healthcare services in Southeastern Iran18
Does an innovative case-based payment scheme promote the hierarchical medical system? A tripartite evolutionary game analysis18
Decolonising qualitative research with respectful, reciprocal, and responsible research practice: a narrative review of the application of Yarning method in qualitative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Is18
The impact of community and provider-driven social accountability interventions on contraceptive use: findings from a cohort study of new users in Ghana and Tanzania18
Confirmatory validation of the transgender health care humanization scale17
Strengthening local government policies to address health inequities: perspectives from Australian local government stakeholders17
Different trends in suicide rates among foreign residents in Japan and Japanese citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic17
The philosophical foundations of ‘health for all’ and Universal Health Coverage17
Using community-based participatory research methods to build the foundation for an equitable integrated health data system within a Canadian urban context17
Women’s participation in the prevention and control of dengue using environmental methods in the global south: a qualitative meta-synthesis17
What, if anything at all, do African societies themselves owe to their own citizens in terms of health?17
“We need to confirm at least from two or three”: Healthcare workers’ discretion as gatekeepers in the context of the Ethiopian abortion law17
Evidence‐based priorities of under‐served pregnant and parenting adolescents: addressing inequities through a participatory approach to contextualizing evidence syntheses17
Preventing early childhood transmission of hepatitis B in remote Aboriginal communities in northern Australia17
Country economic status is strongly associated with burn survival - validation of the (modified) ABSI17
Whoever wants better healthcare simply pays more: citizens' perception about voluntary private health insurance in Colombia17
Correction: Building social accountability to improve reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in Nigeria16
Migrants in Swedish sexual and reproductive health and rights related policies: a critical discourse analysis16
Education-related inequalities in beliefs and behaviors pertaining to COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions16
Ensuring universal access to quality care for persons with presumed tuberculosis reaching the private sector: lessons from Kerala16
Oral health disparities in early childhood and intergenerational gaps among noncitizen migrants, Arabs, and Jews in South Tel Aviv, Israel16
Does low income effects 5-year mortality of hepatocellular carcinoma patients?16
Patient-centeredness—a cultural targeted survey among junior medical managers15
“Our program manager is a woman for the first time”: perceptions of health managers on what workplace policies and practices exist to advance women’s career progression in the health sector in Kenya15
Healthcare access barriers and utilization among the Arab Bedouin population in Israel: a cross-sectional study15
Ensuring Indigenous co-leadership in health research: a Can-SOLVE CKD case example15
Multi-level policy responses to tackle socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of COVID-19 in a European urban area15
Priorities and expectations of researchers, funders, patients and the public regarding equity in medical research and funding: results from the PERSPECT qualitative study15
Universal health coverage and equal access in Sweden: a century-long perspective on macro-level policy15
Correction: Making health inequality analysis accessible: WHO tools and resources using Microsoft Excel15
Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ Approach of Curamericas: 3. Expansion of population coverage of key interventions15
The determinants of mental health inequalities between Chinese migrants and non-migrants during the Shanghai 2022 lockdown: a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition15
Analysis of factors affecting medical personnel seeking employment at primary health care institutions: developing human resources for primary health care15
Operationalisation of health equity principles in physiotherapy hospital triage policies15
At the interface between the formal and informal, the actual and the real: a realist study protocol for governance and accountability practices in urban settings focusing on adolescent sexual and repr15
Gender disparities in physical, psychological, and cognitive multimorbidity among elderly hypertensive populations in rural regions15
“The talking bit of medicine, that’s the most important bit”: doctors and Aboriginal interpreters collaborate to transform culturally competent hospital care15
Leaving no one behind: addressing the sexuality of people with disabilities15
Assessing healthcare access using the Levesque’s conceptual framework– a scoping review15
Correction to: Emerging professional practices focusing on reducing inequity in speech-language therapy and audiology: a scoping review14
The impact of sociodemographic factors on the utilization of radiation therapy in breast cancer patients in Estonia: a register-based study14
The relationship between racial discrimination in healthcare, loneliness, and mental health among Black Philadelphia residents14
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) approaches in vaccination promotion: a scoping review14
Implementation of paediatric vision screening in urban and rural areas in Cluj County, Romania14
The design and implementation of culturally-safe dementia risk reduction strategies for immigrant women: a theoretical review14
Breastfeeding inequities in South Africa: Can enforcement of the WHO Code help address them? – A systematic scoping review14
Community engagement to improve access to healthcare: a comparative case study to advance implementation science for transgender health equity14
Voices of those living with type 2 diabetes in Belize: barriers to care before and during the COVID-19 pandemic14
Measuring attitudes towards ethnic minority patients: the revalidated REMP-3 instrument for graduate healthcare practitioners14
The pathways from disadvantaged socioeconomic status in childhood to edentulism in mid-to-late adulthood over the life-course14
How do we measure gender discrimination? Proposing a construct of gender discrimination through a systematic scoping review14
Correction: The stories about racism and health: the development of a framework for racism narratives in medical literature using a computational grounded theory approach13
Trajectories of socioeconomic inequality in early child development: a cohort analysis13
Lived experiences of palliative care physicians on the impacts of language and cultural discordance on end-of-life care across Ontario, Canada: a qualitative study using the intersectionality-based po13
The potential impact of allied health professional telehealth consultations on health inequities and the burden of treatment13
Adapting a South African social innovation for maternal peer support to migrant communities in Sweden: a qualitative study13
Identifying mechanisms by which social determinants of health impact TB diagnostic evaluation uptake in Uganda: a qualitative study13
Health disparities and inequalities in prevalence of diabetes in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia13
Areas for action to promote positive forms of masculinities in preventing violence against women: a concept mapping study in Spain13
Social epidemiology of urban COVID-19 inequalities in Latin America and Canada13
Struggling to resume childhood vaccination during war in Myanmar: evaluation of a pilot program13
Socioeconomic inequalities in curative healthcare-seeking for children under five before and after the free healthcare initiative in Sierra Leone: analysis of population-based survey data13
How and why buy-in for health in all policies was facilitated in Ecuador: a realist case study of Plan Nacional para el Buen Vivir13
Frontline perspectives on barriers to care for patients with California Medicaid: a qualitative study13
Changes of equality of medical service utilization in China between 1993 and 2018: findings from six waves of nationwide household interview survey13
From each according to means, to each according to needs? Distributional effects of abolishing asset-based payments for residential care in Austria13
We’re here too: child health information-seeking experiences and preferences of Red River Métis families – a qualitative study13
Waiving the consent requirement to mitigate bias in observational precision medicine research12
Equity and efficiency of public hospitals’ health resource allocation in Guangdong Province, China12
The community food environment as an effect modifier of the relationship between racial discrimination and food insecurity among adults in Southern Brazil12
Factors associated with access to health care among foreign residents living in Aichi Prefecture, Japan: secondary data analysis12
Reducing inequities in maternal and child health in rural Guatemala through the CBIO+ approach of Curamericas: 2. Study site, design, and methods12
Examining the experiences of vulnerably housed patients visiting Kingston, Ontario’s emergency departments: a qualitative analysis12
Inclusion of people with disabilities in Chilean health policy: a policy analysis12
The impact of health disparities on peripheral vascular access outcomes in hospitalized patients: an observational study12
Equity in newborn care, evidence from national surveys in low- and middle-income countries12
Spatiotemporal evolution and influencing factors of the allocation of social care resources for the older adults in China12
The impact of long-term care insurance on healthcare utilization and expenditures among middle-aged and older Chinese adults: a quasi-experiment study12
Refining index to measure physical activity inequality: which group of the population is the most vulnerable?12
“We are not stray leaves blowing about in the wind”: exploring the impact of Family Wellbeing empowerment research, 1998–202112
Inequities in human papillomavirus vaccination among children aged 9–14 years old under constrained vaccine supply in China12
The association between social integration and utilization of primary health care among migrants in China: a nationwide cross-sectional study12
Why do transgender individuals experience discrimination in healthcare and thereby limited access to healthcare? An interview study exploring the perspective of German transgender individuals12
Impact of local air quality management policies on emergency hospitalisations for respiratory conditions in the North West Coast region of England: a longitudinal controlled ecological study12
Gender, health and ageing in Fiji: a mixed methods analysis12
Ethnic discrimination, asking for fair treatment, and poor self-rated health: a gender stratified analysis of 13,443 Korean Chinese waged workers in South Korea12
Multi-level change strategies for health: learning from people-centered advocacy in Uganda12
Determinants of access to the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine: a preliminary approach12
What our children lost and gained at the time of school closure during the Covid-19 pandemic: a study on psychological distress, behavioural concerns and protective factors of resilience among prescho11
Combining photo-elicitation and discourse analysis to examine adolescents’ sexuality in rural Zambia11
Socioeconomic differences in limited lung function: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged and older adults in Germany11
Multilevel medical insurance mitigate health cost inequality due to air pollution: Evidence from China11
Migrant well-being and undocumented status in South Korea: a cross-sectional assessment of physical, psychological, social well-being, and health behaviors11
Spatial effects of public health laboratory emergency testing institutions under COVID-19 in China11
The political economy of priority-setting for health in South Sudan: a case study of the Health Pooled Fund11
Time trends in ethnic inequalities in child health and nutrition: analysis of 59 low and middle-income countries11
Menstruation and social inequities in Spain: a cross-sectional online survey-based study11
Nutritional inequalities among under-five children: a geospatial analysis of hotspots and cold spots in 73 low- and middle-income countries11
COVID-19 impact on mental health, healthcare access and social wellbeing – a black community needs assessment11
Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries11
Pride Camp: Pilot study of an intervention to develop resilience and self-esteem among LGBTQ youth11
The role of narratives in promoting vaccine confidence among Indigenous peoples in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand: a scoping review11
Successes and challenges of partnership working to tackle health inequalities using collaborative approaches to community-based research: mixed methods analysis of focus group evidence11
Variability of COVID-19 mortality in Honduras: influence of sociodemographic factors11
Every bite counts to achieve oral health: a scoping review on diet and oral health preventive practices11
Identifying opportunities to engage communities with social mobilisation activities to tackle NCDs in El Salvador in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic11
Population-based physical activity promotion with a focus on health equity: a review of reviews11
Hukou-based rural–urban disparities in maternal health service utilization and delivery modes in two Chinese cities in Guangdong Province11
Inequalities in access to new medication delivery services among non-communicable disease patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: findings from nationally representative surveys in Thailand11
Social and programmatic vulnerability in the context of transgender people’s health: a scoping review of scientific evidence from Brazil11
Putting them on a strong spiritual path: Indigenous doulas responding to the needs of Indigenous mothers and communities10
Biological and contextual determinants of early development in marginalized Roma communities: A research protocol of the RomaREACH study10
How do health system factors (funding and performance) impact on access to healthcare for populations experiencing homelessness: a realist evaluation10
Neutrality, conflict, and structural determinants of health in a Jerusalem emergency department10
Socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of HIV testing during antenatal care: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa10
Precision health equity for racialized communities10
Trends and inequalities in health system satisfaction: results from the latest nationally representative surveys in Qatar10
Contributions of the life expectancy gap reduction between urban and rural areas to the increase in overall life expectancy in South Korea from 2000 to 201910
Uneven primary healthcare supply of rural doctors and medical equipment in remote China: community impact and the moderating effect of policy intervention10
Socioeconomic inequalities in stillbirth and neonatal mortality rates: evidence on Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in eastern India10
Infection prevention and control for COVID-19 response in the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh: an intra-action review10
Covid-19 and pathways to health inequities for families in a socioeconomically disadvantaged area of Sweden – qualitative analysis of home visitors’ observations10
Research on government regulation methods for the spatial layout of retail pharmacies: practice in Shanghai, China10
Barriers and facilitators for engaging underrepresented ethnic minority populations in healthcare research: an umbrella review10
A multi-center longitudinal study on responsive breastfeeding in China from the perspective of health equity: research protocol10
Policy actors’ perceptions of public participation to tackle health inequalities in Scotland: a paradox?10
Evaluating local primary health care actions to address health inequities: analysis of Australia’s Primary Health Networks10
Examining inequalities in spatial access to national health insurance fund contracted facilities in Kenya10
Social inequalities and COVID-19 mortality between neighborhoods of Bariloche city, Argentina10
Exploring change over time in community mobilization domains: results from a maternity waiting home intervention in rural Zambia10
Understanding why racial/ethnic inequities along the HIV care continuum persist in the United States: a qualitative exploration of systemic barriers from the perspectives of African American/Black and10
Multigenerational inequalities of opportunity in health outcomes10
The evolvement of trust in response to the COVID-19 pandemic among migrants in Norway10
Dismantling inequities to end the black maternal mortality crisis in the United States10
Correction: Knowledge of COVID-19 and the impact on indigents’ access to healthcare in Burkina Faso10
We cannot repeat history again: a call to action to centre indigenous leadership as we prepare for the next pandemic9
Access to community-based eye services in Meru, Kenya: a cross-sectional equity analysis9
Socio-economic determinants of healthcare costs in early life: a register-based study in the Netherlands9
Decomposing disparities in the utilization of basic public health services between locals and internal migrants in China: the role of social determinants9
Health and socio-demographic implications of the Covid-19 second pandemic wave in Israel, compared with the first wave9
Impact of community and provider-driven social accountability interventions on contraceptive uptake in Ghana and Tanzania9
Wealth inequalities in physical and cognitive impairments across Japan and Europe: the role of health expenditure and infrastructure9
Gender differences in vision health-seeking behavior and vision health outcomes among rural Chinese schoolchildren by birth order and family size9
Perspectives on the essential skills of healthcare decision making in children and adolescents with intellectual disability9
Improving social justice in observational studies: protocol for the development of a global and Indigenous STROBE-equity reporting guideline9
Socioeconomic gradient in COVID-19 vaccination: evidence from Israel9
Intersectional discrimination and mental health inequalities: a qualitative study of young women’s experiences in Scotland9
Unveiling the gendered abyss: exploring the case of women with lymphatic filariasis and the path to inclusive care in India9
Achieving optimal heath data impact in rural African healthcare settings: measures to barriers in Bukomansimbi District, Central Uganda9
Mortality and life expectancy trends in Spain by pension income level for male pensioners in the general regime retiring at the statutory age, 2005–20189
The pathways from perceived discrimination to self-rated health among the Chinese diaspora during the COVID-19 pandemic: investigation of the roles of depression, anxiety, and social support9
Indigenous health equity in health register ascertainment and data quality: a narrative review9
Could an optimally fitted categorization of difference between multi-disease score and multi-symptom score be a practical indicator aiding in improving the cost-effectiveness of healthcare delivery fo9
A new model to understand the complexity of inequalities in dementia9
Assessing the impact of the 2008 health reform in Ecuador on the performance of primary health care services: an interrupted time series analysis9
Does the immediate reimbursement of medical insurance reduce the socioeconomic inequality in health among the floating population? Evidence from China9
Socioeconomic disparities in healthcare utilization under universal health coverage: evidence from Dubai household health survey9
Association of rurality, type of primary caregiver and place of death with end-of-life medical expenditures among the oldest-old population in China9
Sociodemographic disparities in antibiotic-resistant outpatient urine cultures in a Boston hospital, 2015–2020: a cross-sectional analysis9
Mental health stigma and health-seeking behaviors amongst pregnant women in Vietnam: a mixed-method realist study9
Evaluating equity across the continuum of care for maternal health services: analysis of national health surveys from 25 sub-Saharan African countries9
Interventions to reduce cancer screening inequities: the perspective and role of patients, advocacy groups, and empowerment organizations9
Health equity for persons with disabilities: a global scoping review on barriers and interventions in healthcare services9
Exploring views on medical care for people with intellectual disabilities: an international concept mapping study9
A study on the current state and equity level of the health promotion service demands among older adults in China8
Social capital and women’s narratives of homelessness and multiple exclusion in northern England8
Maternal and congenital syphilis in Indigenous Peoples: a scoping review of the worldwide literature8
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