Elsevier, The Lancet Oncology, Volume 25, April 2024
This Editorial highlights disparities and inequalities in access to cancer screening and treatment (and consequently worse survival outcomes) in people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 32, April 2024
This Review supports SDG 3 by showing that people with disabilities in Latin America and the Carribean face inequities with regard to health-care access, including some evidence showing worse affordability and quality of care. Addressing data gaps will be important to more fully assess health equity among people with and without disabilities in this region.
Elsevier, The Lancet Rheumatology, Volume 6, April 2024
This Article supports SDG 3 by demonstrating that delivery of a complex, non-operative package of care to individuals with severe osteoarthritis and multiple long-term conditions waiting for knee replacement surgery is possible.
Elsevier, The Lancet Planetary Health, Volume 8, April 2024
This Article supports SDGs 3 and 13 by estimating the association between environmental heat exposure and emergency department admissions for people with disabilities, compared with people without disabilities
Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, Volume 39, April 2024
This systematic review found psychosis, depression, and apathy in Parkinson's disease are all associated with at least one adverse outcome, including cognitive impairment, disease progression and disability. Clinicians should consider these psychiatric comorbidities to be markers of a poorer prognosis in people with Parkinson's disease.
Elsevier, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, Volume 257, April 2024
It is important to have scientifically analyzed data to support the policy direction for children's schools, as they are a vulnerable group when it comes to emerging infectious diseases. [hotspot – schools]
Elsevier, The Lancet Regional Health - Southeast Asia, Volume 23, April 2024
This Comment supports SGDs 3 and 10 by discussing how the use of cashless payment systems in India can help to promote equitable access to health care and improve patient experiences, and well as examining some barriers to adoption.
Elsevier, Cancer Letters, Volume 586, 1 April 2024
Cancer disproportionately impacts Black patients in incidence and mortality. Accordingly, optimal anticancer pharmacotherapy is critical to improving outcomes in this population, however, Black patients are less likely to receive anticancer pharmacotherapy.