UNFAIR

UNFAIR: UNderstanding Factors that explain Avoidable hospital admission Inequalities - Research study

There are unfair differences (inequalities) in health and healthcare in England. People in more disadvantaged neighbourhoods live shorter lives in worse health, with greater need for health care. However, they also have worse access to, experience of, and outcomes from many types of health care.

People in more disadvantaged neighbourhoods are more likely to have an emergency stay in hospital that could have been avoided (an avoidable emergency admission).

UNFAIR is a five year (2019-2024) programme of research into how the NHS, local authorities and other partner organisations can reduce inequalities in avoidable emergency admissions to hospital.

UNFAIR addresses the following questions:

What interventions work to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable hospitalisations?
How are socioeconomic inequalities in avoidable emergency hospitalisations within and between local areas changing over time and what factors explain these changes?
How are local areas addressing health inequalities with a focus on avoidable hospital admissions?
What do the public think and feel about health inequalities and what do they say needs to be changed to address them?

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