These case studies provide valuable insights into the difficulty of establishing answers to the fundamental question of why nations grow at different rates, with inequitable patterns of wealth and income distribution.
Despite the long-standing commitment of the NHS to universal healthcare access, there is still a need to monitor, explain and address inequitable patterns of healthcare use.
We can't afford to be afraid to be disruptive and expose inequitable patterns, policies, and practices.
South Africa is characterised by inequitable distribution of health services [ 7], and shifting this trend is a priority for the South African Department of Health (DoH) [ 8].
Given the by now well-documented evidence that, in many cities, hazardous industries are disproportionately located in areas with predominantly poor and minority populations, the question that naturally follows is: Do NPPs exhibit similar patterns of inequitable proximity to low-income and racial minority populations?
They also said that while the judge found the patent office was misled by "inequitable conduct," there was no finding of antitrust violations.
The findings also suggest that the effects of couple HIV testing on marital relationships may be modulated by inequitable, gendered power relationships.
This shortage is exacerbated by an inequitable distribution of providers by geographic area (rural versus urban), skill-mix (nurses/midwives versus specialists), level of health institution (primary versus tertiary), gender (male versus female) and coverage of services [ 1- 3].
These successes were increasingly marred, however, by the inequitable distribution of the nation's expanding wealth, with relatively small urban elites and military circles receiving a disproportionately large share of the benefits of modernization and development.
