There is emerging evidence to suggest that initial differentials between the health of poor and more affluent children … in the UK do not widen over early childhood. One reason may be that through the universal public funded health care … access has an impact on their health at birth and on their health during early childhood. The results suggest that children …

not accompanied by changes in health care outcomes of mothers and newborns. Health care costs increased with no … education. We show evidence documenting the growing importance of the internet as a source of health related information, and we … argue that patient’s access to online information is changing the relationship between health care providers and patients. …