Economic-related inequalities in hepatitis B virus infection among 115.8 million pregnant women in China from 2013 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is a serious global health problem and China has the largest disease burden. Literatures focusing on economic-related inequalities in HBV infection among pregnant women are scarce. We aimed to quantify the economic-related inequalities and the change over time in HBV infection among pregnant women in mainland China from 2013 to 2020 to inform strategies considering economic-related inequalities.

Methods

We used national cross-sectional secondary data of pregnant women in 30 provinces from the National Integrated Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B Programme (iPMTCT Programme) from 2013 to 2020. We calculated concentration index and adjusted difference between the rich and the poor in the mul

SUBMITTER: Wang X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9124701 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature