Socio-economic inequalities in access to planned hospital care: causes and consequences

Socio-economic inequalities in access to planned hospital care: causes and consequences
The Strategy Unit 13 May 2021

• This report explores socio-economic inequalities in access to planned hospital care in terms of socio-economic inequalities in access, where in the patient pathways these inequalities in access emerge, potential drivers of these inequalities and whether poor access to planned care in some communities leads to increased demand for unplanned care.

Healthcare utilization among migrants to the UK

Healthcare utilization among migrants to the UK: cross-sectional analysis of two national surveys.
J Health Serv Res Policy. 2021 Jan;26(1):54-61. doi: 10.1177/1355819620911392. Epub 2020 Mar 19. 

• We explored health service utilization among migrants to the UK across primary care, inpatient admissions and maternity care, outpatient care, mental health, dental care and physiotherapy. This study finds that newly arrived migrants tend to utilize less health care than the UK population and that this pattern was at least partly explained by better health, and younger age.

Understanding how discrimination can affect health

Understanding how discrimination can affect health.
Health Serv Res. 2019 Dec;54 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):1374-1388. doi: 10.1111/1475-6773.13222.

• A review of research linking self‐reports of racial discrimination to health status and health service utilization.

How to tackle health inequalities in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities

How to tackle health inequalities in Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
Friends, Families and Travellers, November 2020

• An outline of the health and healthcare access issues identified in different traveller populations.

Caring alone: Why Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic young carers continue to struggle to access support

Caring alone: Why Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic young carers continue to struggle to access support
Barnardo's 25 April 2019

• Research has found that BAME young carers are more likely than other young carers to be isolated from support services.