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>Can higher NHS spending in deprived areas reduce health inequalities? Yes, but housing, education, and employment matter too
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Can higher NHS spending in deprived areas reduce health inequalities? Yes, but housing, education, and employment matter too
Dealing with the health inequalities associated with socioeconomic status has been a longstanding objective of the National Health Service in England. In a linked article, Barr and colleagues examine the association between NHS resource allocation and changes in "mortality amenable to healthcare" in England. In 1999, the government introduced a new objective for the allocation of NHS resources in England, which was "to contribute to the reduction in avoidable health inequalities." To help achieve this objective, a health inequalities component was introduced into the NHS resource allocation formula in 2002, which resulted in more rapid growth of NHS spending in deprived areas.
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