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What can doctors do to reduce health inequalities? Addressing health inequalities in health impact assessment; Basic concepts in population health and health care

Basic concepts in population health and health care related with equity. Contribution of Health Care providers to the developed a developing world.
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
Available languages: English
Health Status Disparities, Population Health, Measuring, Methods and Indicators, Advocacy

Dictionary of cancer terms

It provides definition for terms related to cancer and chemotherapy (from 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin to zosuquidar trihydrochloride).
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
Available languages: English
Neoplasms/drug therapy, Medical Oncology, Medicine, Reference Books, Dicionário [tipo de publicação]

Redes públicas, descentralizadas y comunitarias de salud en Bolivia

La reforma de la salud en Bolivia está basada principalmente en la descentralización y la equidad para mejorar la calidad y ampliar la cobertura de servicios de salud a las áreas rurales y pobres d...
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
Available languages: Spanish
Reforma de Salud, Equidad en acceso de los servicios de salud^util

Health system inequalities and inequities in Latin America and the Caribbean: Findings and policy implications

The paper summarizes the concepts, methods, and results of a study on measuring health system inequalities in six countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region: Brazil, Ecuador, Guatemala, Jama...
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
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Health Systems, Delivery of Health Care, 35144, Expenditures on Health, Measuring, Methods and Indicators

Health, inequality, and economic development

Explore the connection between income inequality and health in both poor and rich countries. Discuss a range of mechanisms, including nonlinear income effects, credit restrictions, nutritional traps, ...
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Economic Development, Mortality, Equity, Living Conditions

Glossary of diving medical terms

It provides definition for terms used in the study, diagnosis and treatment of illnesses related to the undersea environment (from Abdominal hernia to Water, hypothermia and cold water near drowning).
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
Available languages: English
Diving, Sports Medicine, Reference Books, Dicionário [tipo de publicação]

Guide to medical informatics, the Internet and telemedicine - glossary

It provides definition for terms used in medical informatics and telemedicine (from Abduction to W3).
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
Available languages: English
Medical Informatics, Telemedicine, Reference Books, Dicionário [tipo de publicação]

Global health fund debated

Informations about malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS.
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
Available languages: English
Health Equity, Tuberculosis

A estabilidade inaceitável: desigualdade e pobreza no Brasil

During last two decades, Brazil presented an enormous inequality in income distribution and great poverty level. Thus, these work aims describe the actual situation and temporal evolution of the magni...
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
Available languages: Portuguese
Telocytes, Embryonic Germ Cells, Income Poverty, Equity, Living Conditions

Equity and health: Views from the Pan American Sanitary Bureau

The concept of equity has emerged as a primary guiding for the work of the Pan American Sanitary Bureau. The Bureau has been gathering information on and examining issues related to disparities in hea...
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Resource added in: 28/06/2001
Available languages: English
Health Equity