Gender health care inequalities in health crisis: when uncertainty can lead to inequality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In health crisis, inequalities in access to and use of health care services become more evident. The objective of this study is to analyse the existence and evolution of gender inequalities in access to and use of healthcare services in the context of the COVID-19 health crisis.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study using data from all individuals with a confirmed COVID-19 infection from March 2020 to March 2022 in Aragón (Spain) (390,099 cases). Health care access and use was analysed by gender for the different pandemic waves. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted to evaluate the effect of sex in health care. Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition methods were performed to explain gender gaps observed.

Results

The health care received throughout the COVI

SUBMITTER: Aguilar-Palacio I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10985974 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature