Showing posts with label socio-economic factors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label socio-economic factors. Show all posts

Thursday, 27 August 2015

Inequalities in life expectancy

"The persistence of low life expectancy in some areas means that the state, centrally and locally, has not tackled inequalities in health adequately. Inequalities in health are not self-correcting, and the role of wider determinants, lifestyles and services need to be addressed together rather than in isolation from – or in opposition to – each other."

Inequalities in life expectancy: Changes over time and implications for policy
D Buck, D Maguire
The King's Fund
August 2015

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Friday, 5 June 2015

Access to healthcare for people facing multiple health vulnerabilities

"European stakeholders increasingly recognise the impacts that the economic crisis and austerity measures have had on the accessibility of national healthcare services."

Access to healthcare for people facing multiple health vulnerabilities in 26 cities across 11 countries: Report on the social and medical data gathered in 2014 in nine European countries, Turkey and Canada
Medecins Du Monde
May 2015

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