Unmet Health Care Need and Income-Related Horizontal Equity in Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Davillas, Apostolos and Jones, Andrew M. (2020) Unmet Health Care Need and Income-Related Horizontal Equity in Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Abstract

Using monthly data from the Understanding Society (UKHLS) COVID-19 Survey we analyse the evolution of unmet need and assess how the UK health care system performed against the norm of horizontal equity in health care access during the first wave of COVID-19 wave. Unmet need was most evident for hospital care, and less pronounced for primary health services (medical helplines, GP consultations, local pharmacist advice, over the counter medications and prescriptions). Despite this, there is no evidence that horizontal equity, with respect to income, was violated for NHS hospital outpatient and inpatient care during the first wave of the pandemic. There is evidence of pro-rich inequities in access to GP consultations, prescriptions and medical helplines at the peak of the first wave, but these were eliminated as the pandemic progressed. There are persistent pro-rich inequities for services that relate to individuals' ability to pay (over the counter medications and advice from the local pharmacist).

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Health Economics Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Public Health and Health Services Research (former - to 2023)
Related URLs:	http://ftp.iza.org/dp13910.pdf
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	08 Dec 2020 00:19
Last Modified:	24 May 2023 05:38
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/77903
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