Influence of a wide range of factors. Health inequalities are caused by a wide range of factors. Worse health outcomes occur when people have limited access to health care, experience poorer-quality care, and practise more risky health-related behaviours (for example, smoking).. These factors are often influenced by wider determinants such as income, housing, environment, transport, education ...
A 2009 analysis estimated that in addition to being costly to health services, health inequalities are estimated to cost the UK between £31 billion and £33 billion in lost productivity and ...
There is a wealth of evidence showing that some groups of people experience significantly poorer health, and significantly worse experiences of health and care services, than others.This is a longstanding injustice that has been further entrenched by the Covid-19 pandemic and cost-of-living crisis. These differences in health experiences and outcomes are avoidable, unfair and systematic, and ...
Inequalities in mortality involving common physical health conditions, England: 21 March 2021 to 31 January 2023 What's in the bulletin? Age-standardised mortality rates (ASMRs) were higher among males than females for all-cause mortality and most individual conditions; however, females had higher rates of mortality involving asthma and dementia.
Approaches to addressing health inequalities. The NHS 2022/23 priorities and operational planning guidance, sets a lead role for Integrated Care Systems in tackling health inequalities. It does this by building on the Core20PLUS5 approach.
The Health Inequalities Theme Group, which brings together analysts from across the health system with an interest in health inequalities data and analysis under the UK Health Statistics Steering Group (UKHSSG), meets three times a year to share updates and generally further the production and use of health inequalities data. The
Health inequalities – in the UK, it’s a serious concern. A 2023 Oxera report estimates that the economic cost of health inequalities in England amounts to £150 billion per annum, equivalent to 7% of GDP.. In the UK, people experience health inequalities in life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, avoidable mortality, or prevalence of mental well-being.
Given that our analysis relies on health care data, we are observing diagnosed health inequalities, as opposed to underlying health needs. Inequalities in access to care imply that there may be greater undiagnosed health problems in different population groups – it is not possible to take this into account in this analysis.
Evidence suggests that recent events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis, have made health inequalities worse.The four UK nations have developed various strategies to tackle inequalities – for example, the Labour Government’s Manifesto recognises that the UK has stark health inequalities and, as part of its broader health mission, commits to tackling the social ...
Health production. An economics perspective stresses that health care is an input into the production of health rather than a final good (Grossman 1972). 2 Medical care is combined with other inputs to produce health, which individuals value both to enjoy current consumption of other goods and as an investment to extend healthy life years.Health care is not valued as a direct input as, unlike ...
Established in January 2021, The National Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Programme (HiQiP) works with other programmes and policy areas across NHS England, as well as with partners in the wider system, patients and communities, to deliver exceptional quality healthcare for all; ensuring equitable access, excellent experience and optimal ...
Inequalities in health and care experienced by people from ethnic minority groups. ... Seventy-one per cent of respondents to the survey in the UK said that inflation is negatively affecting their health. The report also highlighted that the cost of living crisis risks making socio-economic health inequalities worse. Over half (58%) of ...
State of Care 2021/22: Deprivation can affect people’s health and access to health and care services. There is disparity in how different groups of people are able to access care and how satisfied they are with their experience of care. ... (254 people in total) were concerned about the lack of access to data about health inequalities within ...
Analysis from the Health Foundation's REAL Centre outlines wide health inequalities in England. ... people living in the North East and North West have the highest health care needs due to long-term illness once the data had been standardised for age. In the North East particularly, there are high levels of diagnosed chronic pain and alcohol ...
Addressing inequalities in health care quality, use and access, is high on the policy agenda for the NHS. The Long Term Plan recognises that while the NHS has a limited role and ability to shape the wider determinants of health, such as income or housing, it should contribute to “reducing health inequalities and addressing unwarranted ...
This article is based on the premise that many of the causes and manifestations of health inequalities in the United Kingdom and the United States have been described and are largely understood (Marmot and Wilkinson 1999; Berkman and Kawachi 2000).While further understandings are still required, much less is understood about the formulation and implementation of policies to tackle such ...
The experience of health inequality in the UK is some of the worst in Western Europe, with an average gap of 19 years in healthy life expectancy between the most and least deprived areas. The causes of these gaps are varied and complex, but there is little doubt that they are made worse by the experience of the kind of deep poverty that has ...
