Hunt’s priorities on entitlement to use the NHS are wrong

The commonly cited example of one intensive care admission for a patient with HIV related pneumonia costing as much as two years of antiretrovirals is a good illustration of the false economies made by reducing access to preventive healthcare, and the wider health system costs of such a measure. Com...

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Published in:BMJ (Online) 2013-08, Vol.347 (aug20 2), p.f5105-f5105
Main Authors: Carter, Harrison D E, Bowsher, Gemma
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
General Practice
Health Services Accessibility
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
State Medicine - utilization
Transients and Migrants
United Kingdom
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Summary:The commonly cited example of one intensive care admission for a patient with HIV related pneumonia costing as much as two years of antiretrovirals is a good illustration of the false economies made by reducing access to preventive healthcare, and the wider health system costs of such a measure. Competing interests: HDEC is director of policy and advocacy at Medsin-UK, a global health charity that has already cited differences with the health secretary on entitlement policy. 1 Hawkes N. Hunt promises crackdown on foreigners who misuse NHS, despite GPs' objections to checking entitlement.
ISSN:0959-8138
1756-1833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.f5105