Reducing health inequalities through general practice

A Gkiouleka, G Wong, S Sowden, C Bambra… - The Lancet Public …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Although general practice can contribute to reducing health inequalities, existing evidence
provides little guidance on how this reduction can be achieved. We reviewed interventions …

[HTML][HTML] Poverty, inequality and COVID-19: the forgotten vulnerable

JA Patel, FBH Nielsen, AA Badiani, S Assi… - Public …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
On various occasions, the phrase,'COVID-19 does not discriminate'has been repeated. This,
however, is a dangerous myth, sidelining the increased vulnerability of those most socially …

[HTML][HTML] Using cost-effectiveness analysis to address health equity concerns

R Cookson, AJ Mirelman, S Griffin, M Asaria… - Value in Health, 2017 - Elsevier
This articles serves as a guide to using cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) to address health
equity concerns. We first introduce the" equity impact plane," a tool for considering trade-offs …

The inverse care law re-examined: a global perspective

R Cookson, T Doran, M Asaria, I Gupta, FP Mujica - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
An inverse care law persists in almost all low-income and middle-income countries, whereby
socially disadvantaged people receive less, and lower-quality, health care despite having …

[HTML][HTML] LSE–Lancet Commission on the future of the NHS: re-laying the foundations for an equitable and efficient health and care service after COVID-19

M Anderson, G Louch, A Albutt, J Harlow-Trigg, S Moore, K Smyth… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To produce a narrative synthesis of published academic and grey literature
focusing on patient safety outcomes for people with learning disabilities in an acute hospital …

The epidemiology of alopecia areata: a population‐based cohort study in UK primary care

M Harries, AE Macbeth, S Holmes… - British journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background There is a lack of population‐based information on the disease burden and
management of alopecia areata (AA). Objectives To describe the epidemiology of AA …

Medical spending of the US elderly

M De Nardi, E French, JB Jones, J McCauley - Fiscal Studies, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We use data from the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) to document the medical
spending of Americans aged 65 and older. We find that medical expenses more than double …

If social determinants of health are so important, shouldn't we ask patients about them?

A Moscrop, S Ziebland, G Bloch, JR Iraola - Bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
If social determinants of health are so important, shouldn’t we ask patients about them? | The
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