ArticleAmerican journal of epidemiology2025
Understanding inequitable health care: methodological approaches, challenges, and opportunities.
Article in American journal of epidemiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Design of a cluster-randomized, hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation trial of a care navigation intervention to increase substance use disorder treatment engagement: study protocol.Addiction science & clinical practice · 2025Article
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Abstract
This article considers methodological approaches that can help better understand inequity in health care, focusing on 5 key domains: availability, patient-centeredness, access, effectiveness, and implementation. We present conceptual definitions of each of these domains, example research questions pertaining to inequity in each domain, and methodological approaches that can contribute to research about health inequities. We discuss the role of multilevel, participatory, and longitudinal research, particularly using representative, real-world data. We propose alternatives to randomized controlled trials that better suit questions regarding inequities in health care. We discuss challenges and considerations for research on inequities in health care alongside opportunities for innovation and prioritization of methodologies that are underutilized in epidemiology and health services research. We emphasize throughout that each of these 5 domains is interconnected and essential to be understood jointly if we are to improve our understanding of the role of health care in perpetuating health inequities. This article is part of a Special Collection on Methods in Social Epidemiology.
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