Addressing health inequalities in the United Kingdom: a case study.
Health inequalities research has a long history in the United Kingdom, and the development of government policies that are intended to explicitly address the existing health inequalities has been gathering pace since the Labour Party returned to power in 1997. In this paper, using the influential Acheson Report as a reference point, one of us (D.N.) describes how health inequalities policies have been developed, and the other (A.O.) assesses how, ideally, such policies ought to be developed. Although progress in the development of health inequalities policies has been made, the policies, and the evidence that has informed them, have been less than ideal.
Oliver
Adam
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LSE Health and Social Care, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK. a.j.oliver@lse.ac.uk
Nutbeam
Don
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D011050:Policy Making; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D006113:United Kingdom