Estimating Social Variation in the Health Effects of Changes in Health Care Expenditure.

ABSTRACT: Background. A common aim of health expenditure is to reduce unfair inequalities in health. Although previous research has attempted to estimate the total health effects of changes in health expenditure, little is known about how changes affect different groups in the population. Methods. We propose a general framework for disaggregating the total health effects of changes in health expenditure by social groups. This can be performed indirectly when the estimate of the total health effect has first been disaggregated by a secondary factor (e.g., disease area) that can be linked to social characteristics. This is illustrated with an application to the English National Health Service. Evidence on the health effects of expenditure across 23 disease areas is combined with data on

SUBMITTER: Love-Koh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430104 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature