Pilot ethnic analysis of routine hospital admissions data and comparison with census linked data: CHD rates remain high in Pakistanis

Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 98-107

  Millard, A ^a   Guthrie, C ^b   Fischbacher, C ^b   Jamieson, J ^b  

^a NHS HEALTH SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Data recording; Ethnic groups; Ethnicity; Health inequalities; Information systems; Personal health; Public health; Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877815196     PISSN: 17570980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17570981211319393     Document Type: Article

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