Economic Inequality in Eye Care Utilization and its Determinants: A Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition

• Main Authors: Mohammad Hassan Emamian (Author), Hojjat Zeraati (Author), Reza Majdzadeh (Author), Mohammad Shariati (Author), Hassan Hashemi (Author), Akbar Fotouhi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2014-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background The current study aimed to determine eye care utilization, to assess the role of economic inequality in the utilization of eye care services, and to identify its determinants in Shahroud, North of Iran. Methods Of the 6,311 invited people, 5,190 (82.24%) individuals aged 40 to 64 years ol...