Unmet healthcare needs and health inequalities in people with spinal cord injury: a direct regression inequality decomposition.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Inequality in health is a prevalent and growing concern among countries where people with disabilities are disproportionately affected. Unmet healthcare needs explain a large part of the observed inequalities between and within countries; however, there are other causes, many non-modifiable, that also play a role.

Aim

This article explores the difference in health across income levels in populations with spinal cord injury (SCI). SCI is of special interest in the study of health systems, as it is an irreversible, long-term health condition that combines a high level of impairment with subsequent comorbidities.

Methods

We estimated the importance of modifiable and non-modifiable factors that explain health inequalities through a direct regression approach. W

SUBMITTER: Ona A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10060928 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature