Need for and access to health care and medicines: are there gender inequities?
OBJECTIVE: Differences between women and men in political and economic empowerment, education, and health risks are well-documented. Similar gender inequities in access to care and medicines have been hypothesized but evidence is lacking. METHODS: We analyzed 2002 World Health Survey data for 257,92...
Main Authors: | Anita K Wagner, Amy J Graves, Zhengyu Fan, Saul Walker, Fang Zhang, Dennis Ross-Degnan |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2013-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3591435?pdf=render |
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