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Health inequalities

Definition

From:

NICE Guideline NG214 - Integrated health and social care for people experiencing homelessness

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Systematic, unfair and avoidable differences across the population and between different groups within society in relation to health and social outcomes. They arise because of the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These conditions influence people's opportunities, health and wellbeing.

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