Review of the research on the effectiveness of health service interventions to reduce variations in health
NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Record ID 31999008336
English
Authors' objectives:
To review the available research in order to identify evaluations of interventions which the NHS alone or in collaboration with other agencies could use to reduce variations in health.
Authors' recommendations:
There are interventions which the NHS, either alone or in collaboration with other agencies, can support to reduce variations in health. A number of characteristics which may affect the success of interventions have been identified. Whilst removal of the financial barriers to accessing health care can make an important contribution to reducing variations in health, this is not in itself sufficient to prevent all avoidable variation. Rigorous evaluations of interventions to reduce variations in health by experimental methods can be carried out successfully. Further co-ordinated and rigorous evaluations of promising interventions would be useful.
Authors' methods:
Systematic review
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/crd/CRD_Reports/crdreport3.pdf
Year Published:
1995
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England
MeSH Terms
- Attitude to Health
- Environment and Public Health
- Health Policy
- Health Promotion
- Health Services Accessibility
- Health Services Needs and Demand
- Health Status
- Health Status Indicators
- Life Style
- Public Health
- Social Conditions
- Socioeconomic Factors
Contact
Organisation Name:
University of York
Contact Address:
University of York, York, Y01 5DD, United Kingdom. Tel: +44 1904 321040, Fax: +44 1904 321041,
Contact Name:
crd@york.ac.uk
Contact Email:
crd@york.ac.uk
Copyright:
Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
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