Lisbeth Lund, Stine G Lauemøller, Simone G Kjeld, Anette Andersen, Lotus S Bast
Gender differences in attitudes towards a school-based smoking prevention intervention
Scandinavian journal of public health
unequal utilization healthcare potentially affect right health access healthcare services achieving positive health outcomes health equity essential principles promoting human rights study aims assess analyze socioeconomicrelated inequalities outpatient health services utilization ohsu among various sociodemographic subgroups inform policies foster health equity data collected crosssectional survey 1200 households tehran iran inequality ohsu among sociodemographic subgroups calculated concentration wagstaff erigers indices decomposition used identify factors contributing inequality ohsu marginal effect elasticity used calculate relative absolute shares sociodemographic variables inequality rate ohsu 6361 ci 606680 concentrated among households better socioeconomic status based results living affluent neighborhood relative share rs 8548 disabled member household rs 658 important factors concentration ohsu favor privileged groups contrast low levels health knowledge rs 8379 basic insurance coverage rs 392 concentrated ohsu favor lower socioeconomic households study conducted based survey data may lead limitations given study crosssectional study unable establish causal relationships explanatory variables outpatient health service utilization relevant predictors households disabled members well members chronic diseases may experience severe inequalities access healthcare services policies facilitate access health services households play significant role improving health equity