Local area public sector spending and nutritional anaemia hospital admissions in England: a longitudinal ecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Reductions in local government spending may have impacts on diets and health which increase the risk of hospital admissions for nutritional anaemias. Mechanisms include potential impacts of changes to local authority (LA) services (eg, housing services) on personal resources and food access, availability and provision. We therefore investigated the association between changes in LA spending and nutritional anaemia-related hospital admissions. Specifically, we address whether greater cuts to LA spending were linked to increased hospital admissions for nutritional anaemias.

Design

Longitudinal analysis of LA panel data using Poisson fixed effects regression models.

Setting

312 LAs in England (2005-2018).

Main exposure

Total LA service expenditure per

SUBMITTER: Jenkins R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9528630 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature