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“There is significant evidence of lower use of preventive services among more deprived groups, [33,34] as well as evidence of higher use of accident and emergency facilities, emergency admissions and out-of-hours use [35,35,37,38].”
From Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups (2006) · cites this paper as [34]
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“People in disadvantaged groups are more likely to smoke, to be overweight and to have co-morbidities, and professional perceptions of the cultural and health capital required to convert a unit of health provision into a given unit of health gain may function as barriers to healthcare [34].”
From Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups (2006) · cites this paper as [34]
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“People in disadvantaged groups are more likely to smoke, to be overweight and to have co-morbidities, and professional perceptions of the cultural and health capital required to convert a unit of health provision into a given unit of health gain may function as barriers to healthcare [34].”
From Conducting a critical interpretive synthesis of the literature on access to healthcare by vulnerable groups (2006) · cites this paper as [34]
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The Inverse Care Law: Clinical Primary Care Encounters in Deprived and Affluent Areas of Scotland
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Metadata
- Authors
- Watt, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Watt, Graham
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-07
- Volume
- 360
- Issue
- 9328
- Pages
- 252-254
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2110519984
- Cited by
- 259
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 8 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 19 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 17 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 16.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Lancet (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Services Management and Policy
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Healthcare Systems and Challenges
- Keywords
- inverse care law, health care inequality, market forces in health care, financial barriers to care, National Health Service, health care delivery
- MeSH terms
- Delivery of Health Care, Epidemiologic Methods, United Kingdom, Humans, National Health Programs, Socioeconomic Factors, Comorbidity
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