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Weighted capitation formula
Deprived areas will lose out with proposed new capitation formula
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6146 (Published 15 October 2013) Cite this as: BMJ 2013;347:f6146
- Clare L Bambra, professor of public health policy1,
- Alison Copeland, research associate in health geography1
- 1Durham University, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, Stockton on Tees TS17 6BH, UK
- clare.bambra{at}durham.ac.uk
NHS funding is allocated to areas on the principle of providing “equal opportunity of access for equal need.”1 To help achieve this, the current NHS allocation formula incorporates a deprivation related measure: the “health inequality weighting.”1 The relative roles of deprivation and age as determinants of health have been subject to political debate over the past years,2 3 4 and NHS England is consulting …
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