Population mortality impacts of the rising cost of living in Scotland: scenario modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Abstract

Introduction

To inform policymaking, it is important to understand the population health impacts of recent increased inflation, and of measures implemented to mitigate these.

Methods

We used scenario modelling to estimate (a) how recent increased inflation would affect household incomes in Scotland, (b) how mitigation measures would modify these effects and (c) how mortality outcomes and inequalities in these would change as a result. Against a long-term average inflation scenario (baseline), we compared unmitigated recent inflation and inflation mitigated by UK Government support policies. We estimated differential price inflation by income quintile, based on the proportion of household spending on different goods and services. Using differential inflation

SUBMITTER: Richardson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11867549 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature