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d.BWB: Trends in Narrowing Health Inequalities in England

Description

This data set is from Blackman, Wistow and Byrne (2011), who analyze the determinants of varying progress with tackling health inequalities with respect to cancers and cardiovascular disease among a group of 27 local authority areas in England.

Usage

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This data frame contains 27 rows (cases) and the following 18 columns (variables): rlll{ [ , 1] CAN outcome: area gap for deaths before age 75 from cancers ("1" narrowing, "0" not narrowing) [ , 2] BC condition: assessments of commissioning ("1" basic, "0" not basic) [ , 3] SP condition: assessments of strategic partnership working ("1" less than good, "0" at least good) [ , 4] PH condition: assessments of public health workforce planning ("1" less than good, "0" at least good) [ , 5] PR condition: frequency of progress reviews ("1" less frequent, "0" more frequent) [ , 6] CH condition: working culture of individual commitment and champions ("1" yes, "0" no) [ , 7] AS condition: organisational culture ("1" aspirational, "0" comfortable or complacent) [ , 8] LI condition: index of multiple deprivation ("1" lower, "0" higher) [ , 9] HS condition: spend per head on cancer programmes ("1" higher, "0" lower) [ , 10] LC condition: crime rate ("1" lower, "0" higher) [ , 11] TS condition: primary care trust performance rating ("1" higher, "0" lower) [ , 12] CVD outcome: area gap for deaths before age 75 from cardiovascular disease ("1" narrowing, "0" not narrowing) [ , 13] SC condition: smoking cessation services ("1" better than basic, "0" basic) [ , 14] PC condition: primary care services ("1" better than basic, "0" basic) [ , 15] MP condition: a few major programmes ("1" yes, "0" no) [ , 16] GL condition: leadership ("1" good or excellent, "0" less than good) [ , 17] BA condition: budget allocation relative to target ("1" higher, "0" lower) [ , 18] IM condition: internal migration ("1" lower, "0" higher) }

source

Blackman, Tim, Jonathan Wistow, and David Byrne. 2011. A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Factors Associated with Trends in Narrowing Health Inequalities in England. Social Science & Medicine 72 (12):1965-74.