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Revising the RAWP formula: indexing deprivation and modelling demand

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  • Roy A Carr-Hill

    (Centre for Health Economics, The University of York)

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The RAWP formula for the allocation of health care resources between Regional Health Authorities is being revised. It is being suggested that a socio-economic factor should be included as a measure of deprivation as well as the mortality rates. The favoured measure, the Jarman index, is methodologically confused, based on out-of-date data, and uninterpretable. Further, the analysis which has been commissioned appears to reply on hospital use data as a proxy for need. This is essentially a conservative approach and will need to a formula reflecting existing practices rather than need. Proposed ‘adjustments’ for availability are inadequate in the absence of a full-scale model. The derivation of a formula should be theoretically based, it should take proper account of supplier-induced demand, and there should be explicit and comprehensible criteria for accepting a formula as an improvement on the current one.

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  • Roy A Carr-Hill, 1988. "Revising the RAWP formula: indexing deprivation and modelling demand," Working Papers 041chedp, Centre for Health Economics, University of York.
    • Handle: RePEc:chy:respap:41chedp
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