The Inverse Care Law¶
Hart, J. T. (1971). The Inverse Care Law. The Lancet, 1(7696), 405-412.
Cited by¶
2 citations across 2 artifacts.
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Mechanisms¶
- Public-Service Resource Targeting
- Its failure mode is the inverse care law
This sourceStates the inverse care law: availability of good medical care tends to vary inversely with population need.
- Its failure mode is the inverse care law
- Vulnerability-Based Support Workflow
- … is precisely what proactive detection exists to prevent: relying on self-identification lets the most vulnerable slip through, because those in the deepest difficulty are the least likely to register — an instance of the inverse care law, the observation that those who most need help tend to receive the least of it.
This sourceStates the inverse care law: populations with the greatest health-care need tend to receive the least good care.
- … is precisely what proactive detection exists to prevent: relying on self-identification lets the most vulnerable slip through, because those in the deepest difficulty are the least likely to register — an instance of the inverse care law, the observation that those who most need help tend to receive the least of it.
Verification¶
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