Sentinels of inequity: examining policy requirements for equity-oriented primary healthcare

Abstract Background Non-government, not-for-profit community health centres (CHCs) play a crucial role within healthcare systems in fostering equity, acting both as direct providers of services and as sentinels of health and social inequity. In a study of an intervention to promote equity-oriented h...

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Main Authors: Josée G. Lavoie, Colleen Varcoe, C. Nadine Wathen, Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, Annette J. Browne, On behalf of the EQUIP Research Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12913-018-3501-3