Are we getting what we pay for?
George, Steve and Julious, Steven (2006) Are we getting what we pay for? Public Health, 120, (11), 1013-1019. (doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2006.08.012).
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The British NHS delivers health care free at the point of access to whomever needs it. It is often claimed to be the envy of the world. But does it deliver health? Or could the resource put into the health service be better spent elsewhere? In this article, we discuss the determinants of health in the United Kingdom in the past, the rise of public health and the impact medical technology has had on health. We discuss resource distribution in health care, and apply the principles of health economics to the wider context of the delivery of health, rather than health care. With a background of rising demand for health care and rationing of resources in the UK, combined with inequalities in life expectancy related to position in society, we conclude that wealth redistribution, environmental regulation, improved nutrition and better education must come first in the priorities for achieving a healthy population.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0033-3506 (print) 1476-5616 (electronic) |
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| Keywords: | health services needs and demand,government, epidemiology, state medicine, economics, sociology, trends, delivery, life expectancy, health, public health, mortality, environmental, health priorities, humans, education, socioeconomic factors, financing, population, health services accessibility, investments, great britain, medical, nutrition, health care rationing, health promotion, statistics |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Medicine > Community Clinical Sciences |
| Item ID: | 61794 |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Sep 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 09:49 |
| Contributors: | George, Steve (Author) Julious, Steven (Author) |
| Date: | November 2006 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/61794 |
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