The inverse care law and the potential of primary care in deprived areas

SW Mercer, J Patterson, JP Robson, SM Smith… - The Lancet, 2021 - thelancet.com
… than in affluent areas, … , quality, or consequences of clinical encounters. Unmet need is not
recorded in … The first Deep End Project began in Scotland in 2009, capturing the experience …

[HTML][HTML] Is Scotland's new GP contract addressing the inverse care law?

SW Mercer, C Lunan, D Henderson, DN Blane - Future Healthcare Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
… WTE clinicians of all types in GP practices in deprived areas compared with affluent areas. …
findings suggest that radical change is needed to reverse the inverse care law in Scotland. …

Half a century of the inverse care law: a comparison of general practitioner job satisfaction and patient satisfaction in deprived and affluent areas of Scotland

SW Mercer, CJ Lunan, C MacRae… - Scottish Medical …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
… the inverse care law conducted … in deprived and affluent areas of one region of Scotland
and demonstrated that the higher demands on primary care in deprived areas resulted in poorer

[HTML][HTML] Health inequalities, multimorbidity and primary care in Scotland

SW Mercer, D Blane, E Donaghy, D Henderson… - Future Healthcare …, 2023 - Elsevier
… multiple health conditions, but the inverse care law has permeated deprived communities (‘…
to discuss, yet less time to do so than in affluent areas. This results in high GP stress and low …

[PDF][PDF] TACKLING THE INVERSE CARE LAW IN SCOTTISH GENERAL PRACTICE

D Henderson, S Mercer - echf.org.uk
inverse care law operates more completely where medical … the inverse care law and what
it means in deprived areas for … -employed workforce is smaller than in the most affluent areas, …

[HTML][HTML] How to address the inverse care law and increase GP recruitment in areas of socioeconomic deprivation: a qualitative study of GP trainees' views and …

MJ Armstrong, JM Wildman, S Sowden - BJGP open, 2024 - bjgpopen.org
… (2007) The inverse care law: clinical primary care encounters in deprived and affluent
areas of Scotland. Ann Fam Med 5 (6):503–510, doi:10.1370/afm.778, pmid:18025487. …

Patients' experiences of GP consultations following the introduction of the new GP contract in Scotland: a cross-sectional survey

KD Sweeney, E Donaghy, D Henderson… - … of General Practice, 2024 - bjgp.org
Health inequalities are compounded by the inverse care law … needs, and poorer outcomes
compared with affluent areas. … with time elapsed since the encounter 25 and there was some …

Do undergraduate general practice placements propagate the 'inverse care law'?

D Butler, D O'Donovan, A McClung… - … for Primary Care, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… postgraduate training in Scotland, with training GP practices more likely to be in affluent areas
[Citation… potentially sets the foundations for poor recruitment and retention of staff, further …

Primary care consultation length by deprivation and multimorbidity in England: an observational study using electronic patient records

A Gopfert, SR Deeny, R Fisher, M Stafford - … Journal of General Practice, 2021 - bjgp.org
… Previous evidence from Scotland 14 showed that patients with … in affluent areas, but that
this was not the case in deprived … the inverse care law is alive and well in general practice in …

Establishing a Deep End GP group: a scoping review

D Butler, D O'Donovan, J Johnston, ND Hart - BJGP open, 2022 - bjgpopen.org
… This scoping review was timely in the shadow of 50 years of the ‘inverse care law’ 9 and as
inverse care law: clinical primary care encounters in deprived and affluent areas of Scotland