Health inequalities
& the pandemic
An Emerald mission in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Has the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing inequalities in health care?
The pandemic has disrupted health care globally across all age and social groups, but the most disadvantaged in society are likely to have borne the brunt of this and be the most impacted in the longer term. COVID-19 is also more likely to have directly affected some of these already disadvantaged groups, including ethnic minorities, people living in poverty and older and vulnerable people in society.
Here, we highlight some of our latest research and author insights about health inequalities during the pandemic and beyond, including: links between income and healthcare usage; the greater risk of serious illness and death experienced by poorer and marginalised socio-economic groups; the relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and the impact of COVID-19 in particular on older people in society; and the role of accounting financial inequalities.
If you’d like to contribute to the discussion, or have research relating to health inequalities that you want to publish, we’d love you to get in touch.
This mission is aligned with our Healthier lives goal
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Different routes to publication
If you would like to contribute to the discussion, take a look at our different routes to publication and contact us to get involved.
Healthier lives gateway
Publish your work on Emerald Open Research, our open access platform that supports an open data policy and open peer review process.
The Healthier lives gateway aims to discuss the wider implications on society and the economy with regards to disease or illness but also mental and physical wellbeing.
Talk to us about your work
We really welcome insights not only from researchers but practitioners too about their work.
If you would like to contribute to the discussion, or you are working on research in areas related to health inequalities, please let us know by filling in this form.
