Health Inequalities

People in the highest wealth quintile had the longest estimated survival. Previous reviews have not comprehensively focused on FIT-specific return interventions, under-served populations, or the acceptability and implementation of FIT interventions in these groups. Studies are eligible if they specifically target under-served populations or provide subgroup data allowing assessment of differential intervention effects. Younger populations, people with complex multimorbidity, resource-limited settings, and high treatment burden were under-represented in the evidence base. Economic barriers, nutritional factors, and healthcare access shape survival outcomes. Low FIT return contributes to inequalities in CRC outcomes. People in the lowest wealth quintile had the shortest estimated survival. People from lower socioeconomic backgrounds are more likely to develop arrhythmia younger and die from it. Rural patients experienced data transmission loss as high as 18%. Patients with intellectual disabilities wore devices for significantly shorter periods than other patients. Tribal communities in Odisha face healthcare, nutrition, and economic barriers that can affect disease progression, tre…