Deprived areas will lose out with proposed new capitation formula

Deprived areas: deprived of training?

Health inequalities are a UK-wide health priority, but previous studies prior to expansion in GP training showed a deficit in training numbers in deprived areas. This study set out to examine whether this is still the case, using 2009 training practice data and the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation. Training practices were found to be significantly less deprived and significantly larger wh...

Capitation based prescribing budgets will not work

General practice prescribing costs have risen rapidly in recent years, and there are wide variations between practices in rates and costs of prescribing. Setting general practice prescribing budgets with a capitation based formula seems to offer a solution to these problems. However, capitation based formulas may unfairly penalise legitimate variations and increases in prescribing costs. We the...

Working with vulnerable families in deprived areas.

Will OPEC lose from the Kyoto Protocol?

A range of energy-economy models forecast losses to members of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) should the Kyoto Protocol come into force. These forecasts are a powerful influence in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change negotiations. They are used by OPEC to advance the agenda on the impacts of response measures, covertly arguing for compensation for...

Who Will Gain and Who Will Lose Influence under Different Electoral Rules . Who Will Gain and Who Will Lose Influence under Different Electoral Rules*

*The research reported here was supported by funds granted to the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin by the Office of Economic Opportunity pursuant to provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. We also acknowledge computation funds from NICHD grant l-P01-HD05876. The conclusions are the sale responsibility of the authors. ABSTRACT Elec~'oraJ,. reform has p...