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My Health Board provides healthcare services for 10% of the Scottish population, yet only receives 9% of the funding share. Why is this?

April 26, 2017Health Healthcare population provides Scottish Services

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My Health Board provides healthcare services for 10% of the Scottish population, yet only receives 9% of the funding share. Why is this?

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A Health Board’s share of population forms the basis of its allocation. However, this is then adjusted for factors that affect relative need for healthcare resources (age-sex, Morbidity and Life Circumstances (MLC) and excess costs).