Cuts to local government spending, multimorbidity and health-related quality of life: A longitudinal ecological study in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Population health has stagnated or is declining in many high-income countries. We analysed whether nationally administered austerity cuts in England were associated with prevalence of multimorbidity (individuals with two or more long-term conditions) and health-related quality of life.

Methods

We conducted an observational, longitudinal study on 147 local authorities in England. We examined associations of changes in spending over time (2009/10-2017/18), in total and by budget line, with (i) prevalence of multimorbidity, 2+ conditions (2011/12-2017/18), and (ii) health-related quality of life (EQ-5D-5L) score (2012/13-2016/17). We estimated linear, log-log regression models, incorporating local authority fixed-effects, time-varying demographic and socio-economic c

SUBMITTER: Stokes J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9417904 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature