Inverse care law
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inverse-care-law-265-13644767
title:
Inverse care law
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The inverse care law is the principle that the availability of good medical or social care tends to vary inversely with the need of the population served. Proposed by Julian Tudor Hart in 1971, the term has since been widely adopted. It is considered a landmark publication in the history of The Lancet. The name is a pun on inverse-square law, a term and concept from physics. The law states that: "The availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with the need for it in the population
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description:
Adage about availability of health care
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_care_law
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2023-05-27T13:31:58Z
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