Health Equity Indicators for the NHS
Monitoring Fairness in the NHS from Centre for Health Economics on YouTube
York tools
- Local equity data packs 2009-2018
- CCG Inequalities Visualisation
- Equity Dashboards (MS Excel
, 1,865kb)
- Equity Chartpacks (PDF
, 3,475kb)
Official NHS tools
Journal articles:
- Reducing inequality in avoidable emergency admissions: case studies of local health care systems in England using a realist approach. Journal of Health Services Research & Policy 2021 (in press).
- Health equity monitoring for healthcare quality assurance. Social Science & Medicine 2018.
- Dying in hospital: socioeconomic inequality trends in England. JHSRP 2017.
- Health equity indicators for the English – final report to the NIHR HS&DR Programme. HS&DR 2016
- How a universal health system reduces inequalities – Lessons from England. JECH 2016
- Socio-economic inequalities in health care in England. Fiscal Studies 2016 ‌
- The costs of inequality: whole-population modelling study of lifetime inpatient hospital costs in the English National Health Service. JECH 2016
- Unequal socioeconomic distribution of the primary care workforce: whole-population small area longitudinal study. BMJ Open 2016
- Are some areas more equal than others? Socioeconomic inequality in potentially avoidable emergency hospital admissions within English local authority areas from 2004/5 to 2011/12. JHSRP 2016. Supplementary tables and figures (MS Excel
, 66kb). Underpinning data (MS Excel
, 1,478kb).
- Outcomes and inequalities in diabetes from 2004/5 to 2011/12. BJGP 2016
Press releases:
- NHS adopts inequality monitoring system to reduce potentially avoidable A&E admissions Aug 2016
- Researchers say inequality costs the NHS £4.8 billion a year May 2016
- Researchers develop inequality monitoring system to reduce preventable A&E admissions Jan 2016
Media coverage:
- The Guardian Aug 2016
- The Independent Aug 2016
- British Medical Journal Aug 2016
- Lazarus and A&E crisis HSJ
- PULSE Aug 2016
- The Commissioning Review Aug 2016
- National Health Executive Aug 2016
- Onmedica Aug 2016
- Yorkshire Post May 2016
Blogs
- Mirror, mirror on the wall - whose local care is fairest of all? Nuffield Trust Nov 2016
- NHS adopts Centre for Health Economics CCG health inequality indicators, CHE News Item, Aug 2016
- Moving beyond fair access to care – Kings Fund blog, Mar 2016
- England’s A&E crisis is fuelled by inequality The Conversation, Jan 2016
- How inequality adds to A&E crisis – York Research Themes, Jan 2016
- Unhealthy Lazarus (PDF
, 385kb) – extract from CHE Annual Report 2015
- How a universal health system reduces health inequalities, CHE News Item, Jan 2016
- Cookson's blog - Lazarus and the A&E crisis, Jan 2016
- How fair is your local NHS? CHE Policy Briefing 2015
Funding:
- NIHR HS&DR Programme 2013-15
- NIHR Senior Research Fellowship 2014-18
- ESRC Impact Acceleration Account 2016