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Two tier healthcare: considering the private sector during a pandemic is not eschewing a whole system

BMJ 2022; 377 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o1169 (Published 12 May 2022) Cite this as: BMJ 2022;377:o1169
  1. Neil Lunt, professor of social policy
  1. Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of York, York, UK
  1. neil.lunt{at}york.ac.uk

In their editorial, Anderson and Mossialos present evidence that the private sector faces supply (staff recruitment, treatment capacity) and demand (cost of living squeeze, shifting employment patterns) challenges, limiting the emergence of a two tier healthcare system.1

The central survey question of the Institute for …

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