Cancelled procedures: inequality, inequity and the National Health Service reforms
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2013Keyword
Healthcare - organization & administrationHealthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data
Health services accessibility
Healthcare reform
National Health Service (NHS) reforms
Equality
Equity
Cancelled procedures
Health and inequality
Europe
Healthcare markets
Socialized medicine
Socioeconomic factors
Health economics
Cancellations
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Using data for every elective procedure in 2007 in the English National Health Service, we found evidence of socioeconomic inequality in the probability of having a procedure cancelled after admission while controlling for a range of patient and provider characteristics. Whether this disparity is inequitable is inconclusive.; Using data for every elective procedure in 2007 in the English National Health Service, we found evidence of socioeconomic inequality in the probability of having a procedure cancelled after admission while controlling for a range of patient and provider characteristics. Whether this disparity is inequitable is inconclusive. Copyright A[c] 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; � Using data for every elective procedure in 2007 in the English National Health Service, we found evidence of socioeconomic inequality in the probability of having a procedure cancelled after admission while controlling for a range of patient and provider characteristics. Whether this disparity is inequitable is inconclusive.Citation
Cookson, G., Jones, S. and McIntosh, B. (2013) Cancelled procedures: inequality, inequity and the National Health Service reforms. Health Economics, 22 (7), 870-876.Link to Version of Record
https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2860Type
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2860
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