Do the poor cost much more? The relationship between small area income deprivation and length of stay for elective hip replacement in the English NHS from 2001 to 2008

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-184

  Cookson, Richard ^a   Laudicella, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity; Hospital costs; Length of stay; Prospective payment system; Socio economic factors; UK

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; REPLACEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; STATE MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650887473     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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