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Results Between 2019 and 2023 there were a total of 1,469,450 procedures across the private sector, comprising 1,030,095 NHS-commissioned private orthopaedic procedures and 439,355 private orthopaedic ...

Background The return of public health to local government in England in 2013 created an opportunity to integrate preventive services with agencies that act on the wider determinants of health. A ...

Background Immune-mediated processes leading to childhood type 1 diabetes may begin in fetal life. We hypothesised that a ...

Results In the unadjusted model, CEP spend was associated with SAMHI, such that a 25% decrease in spending was associated with a small increase in SAMHI of 0.03 (95% CI: 0, 0.06; p=0.03), indicating ...

Background This umbrella review aimed to synthesise global socioeconomic inequalities in the uptake of routine vaccinations and identify any mechanisms that may contribute to the association. Existing ...

It is well known that social, cultural and economic factors cause substantial inequalities in health. Should we strive to achieve a more even share of good health, beyond improving the average health ...

Study objective: The purpose of this paper is to give an overview and comparison of different easily applicable statistical techniques to analyse recurrent event data. Setting: These techniques ...

Aims Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) use by youth remains a significant public health concern. Perceived risk is an important predictor of adolescent ENDS use. While state policies have ...

Exponential growth is difficult for people to grasp. But that is what has happened to sales of Albert Camus’s The Plague, first published in 1947. According to Jacqueline Rose, it is ‘an upsurge ...

Background Negative associations between neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage and health are well documented. However, ...