Social disparities and inequalities in healthcare access and expenditures among Iranians exposed to sulfur mustard: a national study using spatio-temporal analysis

Social disparities and inequalities in healthcare access and expenditures among Iranians exposed to sulfur mustard: a national study using spatio-temporal analysis

Abstract Background Sulfur Mustard (SM) is a chemical warfare agent that has serious short-term and long-term effects on health. Thousands of Iranians were exposed to SM during the eight-year Iran-Iraq conflict and permanently injured while the socioeconomic imbalance in their healthcare utilization...

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Main Authors: Seyed-Morteza Hosseini-Shokouh, Mostafa Ghanei, Batool Mousavi, Hassan Bagheri, Mohammadkarim Bahadori, Mohammad Meskarpour-Amiri, Parisa Mehdizadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
Healthcare utilization
Sulfur mustard
Socioeconomic inequity
Spatio-temporal analysis
Iran
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10352-7

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10352-7

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