Health inequalities. Measure for measure.
National guides for assessing inequality at local level are inconsistent. A simple tool, the slope index of inequality, measures inequalities in health across the whole population of a primary care trust. The Index enables PCTs to measure inequality by health outcome and service provision.
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D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013222:State Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom