Impact of income-based policies on population health and health inequalities in Scotland: a modelling study

Background Improving health and reducing health inequalities are important joint policy objectives. Income is a key social determinant of health, but robust evidence about the relative impacts of redistributive policies is rare. In a modelling study, we aimed to assess the effects on population health and health inequalities of income-based policies in Scotland. Methods EUROMOD, a detailed tax–benefit microsimulation model, was used to estimate...