Equal access to treatment for hearing loss in Chile: do all people have the same opportunities to receive appropriate treatment? A scoping review
Despite public health advancements in providing hearing loss treatment, gaps persist in certain populations. Reducing these disparities requires improving access to services, expanding hearing screening, and providing hearing technologies across all ages and for all types and degrees of hearing loss.
Authors
- Christina V. Schwarz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4187-0139)
- Michael Urban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3328-0091)
- Érica Aranha Suzumura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1752-6095)
- Francesca Scandurra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0107-3204)
Institutions
- Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (BR)
- Austrian Institute for Health Technology Assessment GmbH (AT)
- UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik (AT)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- MED-EL (Austria) (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal for Equity in Health
- Published
- 2025-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02697-8
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00