Effect of socioeconomic deprivation on waiting time for cardiac surgery : retrospective cohort study. Commentary

The results of a study to determine whether the priority given to patients referred for cardiac surgery is associated with socioeconomic status are presented. It was found that patients who were socioeconomically deprived are thought to be more likely to develop coronary heart disease but are less l...

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Published inBMJ. British medical journal (International ed.) Vol. 320; no. 7226; pp. 15 - 19
Main Authors PELL, J. P, PELL, A. C. H, NORRIE, J, FORD, I, COBBE, S. M, HART, J. T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London British Medical Association 2000
BMJ Publishing Group
EditionInternational edition
Subjects
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiovascular disease
General aspects
Medical research
Medical sciences
Patients
Planification. Prevention (methods). Intervention. Evaluation
Public health. Hygiene
Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine
Socioeconomic factors
Surgery
United Kingdom
Scotland
Great Britain
Europe
Human
Evaluation
Deprivation
Statistical analysis
Mortality
Cardiovascular disease
Multivariate analysis
Statistics
Coronary heart disease
Waiting time
Morbidity
Surgery
Cohort study
Public health
Socioeconomic inquiry
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Summary:The results of a study to determine whether the priority given to patients referred for cardiac surgery is associated with socioeconomic status are presented. It was found that patients who were socioeconomically deprived are thought to be more likely to develop coronary heart disease but are less likely to be investigated and offered surgery once it has developed.
ISSN:0959-8146