The impact of the cost-of-living crisis on population health in the UK: rapid evidence review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the UK, unique and unforeseen factors, including COVID-19, Brexit, and Ukraine-Russia war, have resulted in an unprecedented cost of living crisis, creating a second health emergency. We present, one of the first rapid reviews with the aim of examining the impact of this current crisis, at a population level. We reviewed published literature, as well as grey literature, examining a broad range of physical and mental impacts on health in the short, mid, and long term, identifying those most at risk, impacts on system partners, including emergency services and the third sector, as well as mitigation strategies.

Methods

We conducted a rapid review by searching PubMed, Embase, MEDLINE, and HMIC (2020 to 2023). We searched for grey literature on Google and hand-sear

SUBMITTER: Meadows J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10882727 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature