Cost of health inequality to the NHS in Wales

• Main Authors: Rajendra Kadel (Author), James Allen (Author), Oliver Darlington (Author), Rebecca Masters (Author), Brendan Collins (Author), Joanna M. Charles (Author), Miqdad Asaria (Author), Mariana Dyakova (Author), Mark Bellis (Author), Richard Cookson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundForty years from the seminal work of Welsh GP Julian Tudor Hart on the Inverse Care Law, inequalities in health and healthcare remain deeply embedded in Wales. There is a wider gap (over 17 years) in healthy life expectancy between people living in the most and least deprived neighborhoods...