Ben Carter
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694 appearances
29 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2013
last heard Aug 2018
Ben Carter’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Which means that a lot depends on how alert doctors are to the possibility of malnutrition.
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But coding also serves another purpose.
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Hospitals work on payment by results, and if malnutrition was listed as a secondary diagnosis, then that could sometimes result in a hospital receiving more money.
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Most people would assume that the more deprived you are, the more likely you are to suffer from malnutrition, and the data seem to back up that assumption.
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But...
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While the most deprived people in society do suffer from malnutrition, more than the least deprived, there isn't a great deal of difference.
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40% of malnutrition cases occur in the three most deprived deciles, but 30% of cases occur in the four least deprived deciles.
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But when you look at other diseases in the study, things like TB and measles, there is a much more marked breakdown.
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Nearly 60% of cases in those diseases occur in the three most deprived deciles.
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Some poor people might live in more affluent areas, but the vast majority of inhabitants certainly aren't food poverty victims.
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So why are they suffering with malnutrition?
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Here's Professor Elia again.
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A widely reported statistic is that Ebola kills up to 90% of those infected.
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I've been wondering what this statement actually means.
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Is it that 90% die in some areas and less than 90% in others?
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If so, to what extent and why do mortality rates vary?
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I've actually overcome my blue charlotte after witnessing one of the most extraordinary matches in World Cup history.
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It was pretty embarrassing and makes the 4-1 defeat England suffered at the hands of the Germans in 2010 seem almost acceptable.
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They were just warming up in 2010.
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They've obviously reached their peak now.
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