Editor's Choice – Inequalities in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening in England: Effects of Social Deprivation and Ethnicity

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 837-843

  Jacomelli, J ^a   Summers, L ^a   Stevenson, A ^a   Lees, T ^b   Earnshaw, J J ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Otolaryngology   (United Kingdom)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aneurysm screening; Aortic aneurysm; Ethnicity; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRITISH ASIAN; BRITISH CITIZEN; CAUCASIAN; ENGLAND; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ULTRASOUND; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; ENGLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 85017474003     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2017.03.006     Document Type: Article

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