title: Social sciences: vital to improving our understanding of health equity, policy and systems.
authors.affiliation: Health Systems Research Unit, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.affiliation: Health Policy and Systems Division, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. Hanefeld@lshtm.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hanefeld
authors.affiliation: Health Services Organisation unit, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marchal
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D000069576:Health Equity; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D012942:Social Sciences
keywords: Equity; Health policy and systems research; Methods; Social science