Renting Poorer Housing: Ecological Relationships Between Tenure, Dwelling Condition, and Income and Housing-Sensitive Hospitalizations in a Developed Country.
Lucy Frances Telfar BarnardPhilippa Howden-ChapmanNevil PiersePublished in: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education (2021)
These findings suggest that measures to address health inequities should include improvements to both tenure security and housing quality, particularly in low-income areas. However, policymakers aiming to reduce overall hospitalization rates should focus their efforts on reducing fuel poverty and improving the affordability of quality housing.