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Health inequalities
Definition
From:
NICE Guideline NG227 - Advocacy services for adults with health and social care needs
Systematic, unfair and avoidable differences in health across the population and between different groups within society. They arise because of the conditions in which we are born, grow, live, work and age. These conditions influence our opportunities for good mental and physical health.
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