Health inequity is a problem, universal basic income could be a solution

Jurgen De Wispelaere; Carina Fourie; Troy Henderson; Matthew T. Johnson; Tijs Laenen; Douglas MacKay; Shari McDaid; Neil McHugh; Kerry Ellen O’Neill; Ian Orton; Matthew Smith; Lou Tessier; Aida Martinez Tinaut; Vida Panitch; Nicole Valentine; Jenna van Draanen; Daniel Weinstock

Health inequity is a problem, universal basic income could be a solution

Jurgen De Wispelaere, Carina Fourie, Troy Henderson, Matthew T. Johnson, Tijs Laenen, Douglas MacKay, Shari McDaid, Neil McHugh, Kerry Ellen O’Neill, Ian Orton, Matthew Smith, Lou Tessier, Aida Martinez Tinaut, Vida Panitch, Nicole Valentine, Jenna van Draanen, Daniel Weinstock

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Health inequities have long been a recognised global problem. In 2013, a review of countries covering 74% of the world’s population found substantial variation in health outcomes according to income, education, sex, and migrant status. Achieving health equity is a moral imperative and necessary to fulfil the human right to health. Health inequalities cannot be solved by the health sector alone – achieving health equity requires addressing the social determinants of health that largely involve social domains beyond health, such as social security, education, housing, and issues such as domestic and sexual violence and abuse, race and class prejudice, adverse employment conditions, the physical environment, and climate change.

Original language	English
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Medical Ethics: Forum
Publication status	Published - 29 Jan 2024

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De Wispelaere, J., Fourie, C., Henderson, T., Johnson, M. T., Laenen, T., MacKay, D., McDaid, S., McHugh, N., O’Neill, K. E., Orton, I., Smith, M., Tessier, L., Martinez Tinaut, A., Panitch, V., Valentine, N., van Draanen, J., & Weinstock, D. (2024). Health inequity is a problem, universal basic income could be a solution. Journal of Medical Ethics: Forum. https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2024/01/29/health-inequity-is-a-problem-universal-basic-income-could-be-a-solution/

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Health inequity is a problem, universal basic income could be a solution

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Designing a generic, adaptive protocol resource for the measurement of health impact in cash transfer pilot and feasibility studies and trials in high-income countries

Designing basic income pilots for community development: what are the key community concerns? Evidence from citizen engagement in Northern England

Designing trials of Universal Basic Income for health impact: identifying interdisciplinary questions to address

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