Who gains, who loses and how: Leveraging gender and class intersections to secure health entitlements

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1802-1811

  Sen, Gita ^a   Iyer, Aditi ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

Access to care; Economic class; Entitlements; Gender; Health seeking; India; Intersectionality; Leveraging; Long term illness; Middle groups; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLASS; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; PREGNANCY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSEHOLD HEADSHIP; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INTERSECTIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE CLASS; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 84860245902     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.035     Document Type: Article

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