Local government funding and life expectancy in England: a longitudinal ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since 2010, large reductions in funding for local government services have been introduced in England. These reductions in funding have potentially led to reduced provision of health-promoting public services. We aimed to investigate whether areas that showed a greater decline in funding also had more adverse trends in life expectancy and premature mortality.

Methods

In this longitudinal ecological study, we linked annual data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government on local government revenue expenditure and financing to 147 upper-tier local authorities in England between 2013 and 2017 with data from Public Health England, on male and female life expectancy at birth, male and female life expectancy at age 65 years, and premature (younger t

SUBMITTER: Alexiou A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8390384 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature