Cancelled procedures: inequality, inequity and the National Health Service reforms

Citation

Cookson G, Jones S & McIntosh B (2013) Cancelled procedures: inequality, inequity and the National Health Service reforms. Health Economics, 22 (7), pp. 870-876. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hec.2860; https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.2860

Abstract
Using data for every elective procedure in 2007 in the English National Health Service, we found evidence of socioeconomic inequality in the probability of having a procedure cancelled after admission while controlling for a range of patient and provider characteristics. Whether this disparity is inequitable is inconclusive.; Using data for every elective procedure in 2007 in the English National Health Service, we found evidence of socioeconomic inequality in the probability of having a procedure cancelled after admission while controlling for a range of patient and provider characteristics. Whether this disparity is inequitable is inconclusive. Copyright A[c] 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; � Using data for every elective procedure in 2007 in the English National Health Service, we found evidence of socioeconomic inequality in the probability of having a procedure cancelled after admission while controlling for a range of patient and provider characteristics. Whether this disparity is inequitable is inconclusive.

Keywords
Healthcare - organization & administration Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data Health services accessibility Healthcare reform National Health Service (NHS) reforms Equality Equity Cancelled procedures Health and inequality Europe Healthcare markets Socialized medicine Socioeconomic factors Health economics Cancellations