Tackling the elective backlog : exploring the relationship between deprivation and waiting times.
by Holmes, Jonathon; Jefferies, Danielle.The King's Fund.
Series: Blog ; 27 September 2021.Publisher: The King's Fund, London : 2021.Summary: Long waiting times and growing waiting lists for hospital treatment have been a problem for some time, but now the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue and waiting lists have grown rapidly. As with other aspects of the pandemic, this has not been experienced equally. This analysis of waiting list data shows a clear relationship with deprivation, which sees those living in the most deprived areas nearly twice as likely to wait more than a year for treatment compared to those living in the least deprived areas..Subject(s): patient waiting time | elective admissions | waiting lists | access to health services | health inequalities | deprivation | variations | sociodemographic differences | Covid-19 | pandemics | statistical data | EnglandDigital copyAvailability: Online access List(s) this item appears in: Current and future demands on health & social care [May 2023] | Devolved National Health Service : the NHS in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales [March 2022]
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Long waiting times and growing waiting lists for hospital treatment have been a problem for some time, but now the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the issue and waiting lists have grown rapidly. As with other aspects of the pandemic, this has not been experienced equally. This analysis of waiting list data shows a clear relationship with deprivation, which sees those living in the most deprived areas nearly twice as likely to wait more than a year for treatment compared to those living in the least deprived areas.
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