The peer-review system in research tries to be equitable by having panels of experts judge grant proposals and articles submitted to the medical journals.
To determine whether access to rapid access chest pain clinics of people with recent onset symptoms is equitable by age, socioeconomic status, ethnicity and gender, according to need.
Our finding that the overall number of consultations is balanced between males and females is a positive one, potentially indicating that access to outpatient mental health services is equitable by gender.
The key legal (often forgotten) concept that maintains this distinction is "equitable tracing" – required by both Article 9 and Chapter 11.
As if they've never been wrong, and failing to be corrected by those who know better, they carry on acting as if "right" is not defined by that which is equitable, increases happiness, or reduces suffering, but rather is defined by (their interpretations of) what is stated as such in their archaic, yet allegedly infallible, laws.
Community health insurance schemes in low-income settings can be equitable, but may be constrained by low level of membership.
KEY MESSAGES Community health insurance schemes in low-income settings can be equitable, but may be constrained by low level of membership.
In 2001, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) declared that among other dimensions, quality of health care is also defined by it being equitable, i.e., care that does not vary in quality because of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, geographic location and socioeconomic status [ 2].
Well-meaning staff may think that by "treating everyone alike" they are being equitable.
