Are some areas more equal than others? Socioeconomic inequality in potentially avoidable emergency hospital admissions within english local authority areas

Journal of Health Services Research and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 83-90

  Sheringham, Jessica ^a   Asaria, Miqdad ^b   Barratt, Helen ^a   Raine, Rosalind ^a   Cookson, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency admissions; Health care; Inequalities; Quality indicators; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DIGITAL DIVIDE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NEIGHBORHOOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIAL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; POVERTY AREAS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 85017573946     PISSN: 13558196     EISSN: 17581060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1355819616679198     Document Type: Article

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