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Socioeconomic inequalities in the use of NHS care in England

Ben Zaranko, Anita Charlesworth and Martin McKee
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Providing equal access to healthcare to all solely on the basis of need was a founding principle of the NHS. Despite this, large differences persist in the amount of care used by people living in different areas and with different backgrounds. At this event we explored the findings of new IFS work outlining what has happened to educational inequalities in health care in England since 2002-03.

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British Heart Foundation

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External publication
Educational Inequalities in Hospital Use Among Older Adults in England, 2004–2015
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Press release
Socioeconomic inequalities in use of NHS outpatient care emerged after 2010
Ensuring that access to health care is based on clinical need, not age, location, or ability to pay, is a founding principle of the NHS. But it does not necessarily follow that individuals with the same health needs but different socioeconomic status make the same use of NHS care.