Gender equity in health care in Sweden—Minor improvements since the 1990s

Jonsson, Pia Maria; Schmidt, Ingrid; Sparring, Vibeke; Tomson, Göran

doi:10.1016/j.healthpol.2005.07.012

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“…Other influencing factors include occupation and income (Kim 2004, Chang & Lauderdale 2005), disability status (Andersen & Laake 1983, McColl 2005), life course (Aboderin et al. 2002, Khang 2005), gender (Jonsson et al. 2006), mental health and chronic disease (Kim 2004, Shen et al.…”

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“…A previous study showed that the use of medical services is influenced directly by recipients' perceptions of the appropriateness of medical treatment and insurance coverage, and indirectly by sociodemographic and ecological factors (Anderson & Bartkus 1973). Other influencing factors include occupation and income (Kim 2004, Chang & Lauderdale 2005, disability status (Andersen & Laake 1983, McColl 2005, life course (Aboderin et al 2002, Khang 2005, gender (Jonsson et al 2006), mental health and chronic disease (Kim 2004, Shen et al 2008, and characteristics of the health care system (Shaikh & Hatcher 2007). However, these variables have not been examined in relation to the overuse of Medical Aid by heavy users.…”

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Medical Aid service overuse assessed by case managers in Korea

Shin¹,

Kim

et al. 2010

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Medical Aid service overuse assessed by case managers in Korea

Shin¹,

Kim

et al. 2010

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…Even in some developed countries, women had a poorer preoperative visual acuity and waited longer for cataract surgery than men. 4 Globally, if women had the same access to cataract surgery as men, the blindness due to cataract could decrease by approximately 11%, 5 which would be progress in global health care for eyes.…”

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Association of Sex With the Global Burden of Cataract

Lou

et al. 2018

JAMA Ophthalmol

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IMPORTANCE Eye disease burden could help guide health policy making. Differences in cataract burden by sex is a major concern of reducing avoidable blindness caused by cataract.OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of sex with the global burden of cataract by year, age, and socioeconomic status using disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTSThis international, comparative burden-of-disease study extracted the global, regional, and national sex-specific DALY numbers, crude DALY rates, and age-standardized DALY rates caused by cataract by year and age from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The DALY data were collected from January 1, 1990, through December 31, 2015, for ever 5 years. The human development index (HDI) in 2015 was extracted as an indicator of national socioeconomic status from the Human Development Report. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURESComparisons of sex-specific DALY estimates due to cataract by year, age, and socioeconomic status at the global level. Paired Wilcoxon signed rank test, Pearson correlation, and linear regression analyses were performed to evaluate the socioeconomic-associated sex differences in cataract burden. RESULTS Differences in rates of cataract by sex were similar between 1990 and 2015, with age-standardized DALY rates of 54.5 among men vs 65.0 among women in 1990 and 52.3 among men vs 67.0 among women in 2015. Women had higher rates than men of the same age, and sexual differences increased with age. Paired Wilcoxon signed rank test revealed that age-standardized DALY rates among women were higher than those among men for each HDI-based country group (z range, −4.236 to −6.093; P < .001). The difference (female minus male) in age-standardized DALY rates (r = −0.610 [P < .001]; standardized β = −0.610 [P < .001]) and the female to male age-standardized DALY rate ratios (r = −0.180 [P = .02]; standardized β = −0.180 [P = .02]) were inversely correlated with HDI.CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Although global cataract health care is progressing, sexual differences in cataract burden showed little improvement in the past few decades. Worldwide, women have a higher cataract burden than men. Older age and lower socioeconomic status are associated with greater differences in rates of cataract by sex. Our findings may enhance public awareness of sexual differences in global cataract burden and emphasize the importance of making sex-sensitive health policy to manage global vision loss caused by cataract.

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“…Gender analyses of public sector budgets and their effect on the lives, opportunities, and financial situations of women and men have gained considerable international attention, 1–4 but in healthcare budgeting, the gender perspective is most often lacking. A cost‐comparative analysis based on gender can advantageously be combined with a gender‐based medical perspective, where differences between the diseases, symptoms, and treatment of men and women are studied 5–8 . The use by both genders of the outpatient dermatology clinic provided us with an opportunity to examine gender budgeting in our clinic.…”

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“…A cost-comparative analysis based on gender can advantageously be combined with a gender-based medical perspective, where differences between the diseases, symptoms, and treatment of men and women are studied. [5][6][7][8] The use by both genders of the outpatient dermatology clinic provided us with an opportunity to examine gender budgeting in our clinic.…”

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