Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
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J R Soc Med
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Multicenter Study
An ecological study of NHS funded elective hip arthroplasties in England from 2003/04 to 2012/13.
To examine the impact of NHS-funded private provision on NHS provision, access and inequalities. ⋯ Private provision substituted for NHS provision and did not add to overall provision favouring patients living in the most affluent area. Continuing the trend towards private provision and reducing NHS provision is likely to result in risk selection and widening inequalities in provision of elective hip arthroplasty in England.