CANCELLED PROCEDURES: INEQUALITY, INEQUITY AND THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE REFORMS

CANCELLED PROCEDURES: INEQUALITY, INEQUITY AND THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE REFORMS

SUMMARY 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 dispari...

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Veröffentlicht in:Health economics 2013-07, Vol.22 (7), p.870-876
Hauptverfasser: Cookson, Graham, Jones, Simon, McIntosh, Bryan
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cancellations
cancelled procedures
Child
Child, Preschool
equality
equity
Female
Health Care Reform - organization & administration
Health Care Reform - statistics & numerical data
Health economics
Health services
Health Services Accessibility - organization & administration
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Healthcare Disparities - organization & administration
Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Inequality
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
NHS reforms
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
State Medicine - organization & administration
State Medicine - statistics & numerical data
Studies
United Kingdom - epidemiology
Waiting Lists
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:SUMMARY 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 © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:1057-9230
1099-1050
DOI:10.1002/hec.2860