Underprivileged Areas and Health Care

Poor social conditions have a significant impact on disadvantaged groups, causing ill health, disability and early mortality. The major focus of this book is to demonstrate that scientific methods can be used to analyze the nature of the problem of social deprivation, and draw policy conclusions.

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Poor social conditions have a significant impact on disadvantaged groups, causing ill health, disability and early mortality. The major focus of this book is to demonstrate that scientific methods can be used: to analyze the nature of the problem of social deprivation in health care; to present the problem in a way that allows policy conclusions to be drawn; and to provide a basis for action to formulate a system of allocating resources for health care provision. The authors regard this as of particular importance at a time when the role and funding of GP services are being reassessed to reflect the increasing demands made on primary care.