Missing female patients: an observational analysis of sex ratio among outpatients in a referral tertiary care public hospital in India

Submitted by Tanay Ray Bhatt on

Objective: To investigate gender discrimination in access to healthcare and its relationship with the patient’s age and distance from the healthcare facility.Design and settingAn observational study based on outpatient data from a large referral public hospital in Delhi, India.ParticipantsConfirmed clinical appointments.Primary and secondary outcome measuresEstimates from the logistic regression are used to compute sex ratios (male/female) of patient visits with respect to distance from the hospital and age.

Peer Reviewed
Gender

Nutrition—sensitive agricultural interventions and maternal and child nutrition outcomes in arid and semi—arid lands of Kenya

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:
Mulwa, Chalmers

BackgroundIn regions facing chronic stress such as the arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya, there is poor quality of diet among women and children in humanitarian situations, mainly due to multiple climatic shocks that exacerbate local food systems.

Peer Reviewed
Agriculture, Health

Intervening Role of the Poverty Level on Public Health Care and Tax Revenues Linkage: Evidence from the East Africa Community Members Countries

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on
EfD Authors:
Barasa, Laura

Universal Health Coverage (UHC) has dominated government and development partners’ boardrooms in the last two decades and will continue to do so in the foreseeable future. Debate is ongoing as to whether governments allocate additional public funds to health care as a result of expanded tax revenues or whether public health financing (PHF) can be harnessed to spur growth in tax revenues. Evidence from prior studies has varied, mainly stemming from differences in models adopted, choice and measurement of variables, as well as contextual disparities.

Peer Reviewed
Health, Policy Design
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