Educational inequality in cardiovascular disease depends on diagnosis: A nationwide register based study from Denmark

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 826-833

  Christensen, Anne V ^a   Koch, Mette B ^a   Davidsen, Michael ^a   Jensen, Gorm B ^a,b,c   Andersen, Lisbeth V ^b   Juel, Knud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b The Danish Heart Foundation   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Denmark; inequalities; registers

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DENMARK; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84964619887     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487315613665     Document Type: Article

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