title: Cancelled procedures: inequality, inequity and the National Health Service reforms.
abstract: Using data for every elective procedure in 2007 in the English National Health Service, we found evidence of socioeconomic inequality in the probability of having a procedure cancelled after admission while controlling for a range of patient and provider characteristics. Whether this disparity is inequitable is inconclusive.
authors: King's College London, London, UK.
authors: Graham
authors: G
authors: Cookson
authors: Simon
authors: S
authors: Jones
authors: Bryan
authors: B
authors: McIntosh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D054625:Healthcare Disparities / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D014850:Waiting Lists; D055815:Young Adult