Improving equitable healthcare resource use: developing a neighbourhood district nurse needs index for staffing allocation

• Main Authors: Luís Filipe (Author), Roberta Piroddi (Author), Wes Baker (Author), Joe Rafferty (Author), Iain Buchan (Author), Ben Barr (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Allocating healthcare resources to local areas in proportion to need is an important element of many universal health care systems, aiming to provide equal access for equal need. The UK National Health Service allocates resources to relatively large areas in proportion to need, u...