Sex and income inequalities in preventive services in diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer preventive services (gynaecological cancer screening, colon cancer screening) and cardiometabolic screening are recommended by guidelines to individuals. People with diabetes were less likely to receive them than those without diabetes in some studies.

Objectives

To analyse differences in the coverage of preventive services in people with diabetes compared to non-diabetic individuals and in people with diabetes according to sex and household income.

Methods

We analysed data collected from the European Health Interview Survey 2013-2015, including individuals aged 40-74 (n = 179,318), 15,172 with diabetes from 29 countries. The income of a household (HHI) was described in quintiles. The relationship between the coverage of preventive services (c

SUBMITTER: Ares-Blanco S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9870013 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature