Evaluating effects of recent changes in NHS resource allocation policy on inequalities in amenable mortality in England, 2007-2014: time-series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health investment in England post-2010 has increased at lower rates than previously, with proportionally less being allocated to deprived areas. This study seeks to explore the impact of this on inequalities in amenable mortality between local areas.

Methods

We undertook a time-series analysis across 324 lower-tier local authorities in England, evaluating the impact of changes in funding allocations to health commissioners from 2007 to 2014 on spatial inequalities in age-standardised under-75 mortality rates for conditions amenable to healthcare for men and women, adjusting for trends in household income, unemployment and time-trends.

Results

More deprived areas received proportionally more funding between 2007 and 2014, though the reorganisation of commiss

SUBMITTER: Currie J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6352397 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature