Are protected characteristics associated with mental health care inequalities in the adult UK general population? a cross-sectional study

• Claire Wicks ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Claire Wicks, Cara Booker, Susan McPherson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: cwicks@essex.ac.uk

  Affiliation School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8330-5373

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• Cara Booker ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Claire Wicks, Cara Booker, Susan McPherson

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

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• Meena Kumari ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

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• Antonella Trotta ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

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• Susan McPherson

  Contributed equally to this work with: Claire Wicks, Cara Booker, Susan McPherson

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation School of Health and Social Care, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom

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