%0 Journal Article %T Equity in health care: An urban and rural, and gender perspective; the Suriname Health Study %A CCF Smits %A ISK Krishnadath %A JR Toelsie %A MGM Eersel %J Archive of "AIMS Public Health". %D 2018 %R 10.3934/publichealth.2018.1.1 %X The literature reports that the use of healthcare services in urban areas compared to rural areas and by females compared to males is often higher. The aim of this study is to evaluate equity on geographical living area and gender for the use of primary and secondary healthcare in Suriname %K equity %K healthcare use %K gender differences %K urban %K rural coastal and rural interior %K socio-economic factors %K perceived illness %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6070465/