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. 2013 Nov;106(11):432-6.
doi: 10.1177/0141076813501101. Epub 2013 Sep 11.

Austere or not? UK coalition government budgets and health inequalities

Aaron Reeves  1 , Sanjay Basu, Martin McKee, Michael Marmot, David Stuckler
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Austere or not? UK coalition government budgets and health inequalities

Aaron Reeves et al. J R Soc Med. 2013 Nov.
No abstract available

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Change in social protection expenditure on unemployment and the unemployment rate (%), UK, 2004–2011. Expenditure on unemployment benefit is adjusted for inflation and purchasing power.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
(a) Total austerity packages by type of government spending, 26 EU countries, 2009–2011. Heatmap depicts reductions in sector-specific government expenditure (constant, purchasing power parity, per capita) across country-specific austerity period for which data are available. Types of government spending ordered from greatest cuts (in red, e.g. economic affairs) to lowest cuts (in blue, e.g. public services) overall. (b). Budget cuts to Social Protection Systems, 23 EU countries, 2009–2011. Heatmap depicts reductions in sector-specific government expenditure (constant, purchasing power parity, per capita) across country-specific austerity period for which data are available. Types of social spending ordered from greatest cuts (in red, e.g. sickness and disability benefits) to lowest cuts (in blue, e.g. old-age pensions) overall. Twenty-three countries are provided for which data are available.
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