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Improved health and lifestyle advice, better-suited to individual’s budget Improved potential for discussion with doctor about underlying causes of disease and illness Improved access to health and social care interventions to alleviate poverty and promote health
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Concerns over perceived loss of privacy Concerns about confidentiality (such as, that information may be shared) Concerns that healthcare attitudes or actual care provision may be adversely influenced by knowledge of their income Concerns that income inquiries may be used to check up on entitlements to state benefits Certain groups may be less willing to disclose income Some patients may not know their overall household income
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| Healthcare providers and health systems |
Increased attention on the household and environment causative factors in disease Role of poverty as a potential determinant of illness emphasised during clinical encounters and More rational health system structuring to provide services that meet patients’ needs collection media
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Concerns that income enquiries may impair doctor–patient relationships Concerns that primary care doctors will eventually be tasked with screening for administering access to state benefits Concerns about how income data will be portrayed in the Concerns about intrusion in patients’ private lives and/or storage of sensitive patient data Concern that income data may be used to support restructuring of health services, contributing to a ‘postcode lottery’
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| Public health and academic |
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Greater understanding of relationships between income and healthcare access, healthcare experience, and health outcomes, Greater understanding of health inequities and their assessment Improved commissioning to support delivery of health and social care services aimed at alleviating poverty and illness, and promoting health
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