Mapping Health Disparities in 11 High-Income Nations.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health care delivery faces a myriad of challenges globally with well-documented health inequities based on geographic location. Yet, researchers and policy makers have a limited understanding of the frequency of geographic health disparities.

Objective

To describe geographic health disparities in 11 high-income countries.

Design, setting, and participants

In this survey study, we analyzed results from the 2020 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy (IHP) Survey-a nationally representative, self-reported, and cross-sectional survey of adults from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. Eligible adults older than age 18 years were included by random sampling. Survey data were co

SUBMITTER: MacKinnon NJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10329207 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature