The cost of inaction on health equity and its social determinants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21880514 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pooja Yerramilli (0009-0006-4832-4161, GW Medical Faculty Associates, corresponding author), Mickey Chopra (0000-0003-4020-2937, World Bank Group), Kumanan Rasanathan (0000-0001-9347-1765, Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | Suppl 1 |
| Pages | e012690 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMJ Global Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012690 |
| PMID | 38589049 |
| OpenAlex | W4394580394 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 18 |
Rising levels of inflation, debt and macrofiscal tightening are putting expenditures on the social sectors including health under immense scrutiny. Already, there are worrying signs of reductions in social sector investments. However, even before the pandemic, evidence showed the significant returns on investments in health equity and its social determinants. Emerging data and trends show that these potential returns have increased during the COVID-19 pandemic - investments in social determinants can mitigate widespread reductions in human capital and the increasing likelihood of costly syndemics, while promoting access to healthcare innovations that have thus far been inequitably distributed. Therefore, we argue that, despite immediate fiscal pressures, this is exactly the time to invest in health equity and its broader social determinants, as the returns on such investments have never been greater
Business · Debt · Disease · Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health equity · Pandemic · Political science · Public economics · Scrutiny · Social capital · Social determinants of health · Employment and Welfare Studies · Global Health Care Issues · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Finance
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |