The distribution of cardiac diagnostic testing for acute coronary syndrome in the Brazilian healthcare system: A national geospatial evaluation of health access

Little is known about the utilization of cardiac diagnostic testing in Brazil and how such testing is related with local rates of acute coronary syndrome (ACS)-related mortality. Using data from DATASUS, the public national healthcare database, absolute counts of diagnostic tests performed were calc...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2019-01, Vol.14 (1), p.e0210502-e0210502
Hauptverfasser:	Hertz, Julian T, Fu, Tommy, Vissoci, Joao Ricardo, Rocha, Thiago Augusto Hernandes, Carvalho, Elias, Flanagan, Brendan, de Andrade, Luciano, Limkakeng, Alex T, Staton, Catherine A
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute coronary syndrome Acute Coronary Syndrome - diagnosis Acute Coronary Syndrome - epidemiology Acute Coronary Syndrome - mortality Acute coronary syndromes Adult Aged Biology and Life Sciences Blood pressure Brazil - epidemiology Cardiology Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular tests Catheterization Coronary vessels Cross-Sectional Studies Diagnosis Diagnostic systems Diagnostic tests Earth Sciences Echocardiography EKG Electrocardiography - economics Emergency medical care Female Health care Health Services Accessibility Heart Heart attacks Heterogeneity Humans Hypertension Income Intubation Male Medical diagnosis Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Middle Aged Mortality Municipalities Patient outcomes Patients People and places Regression analysis Regression models Research and Analysis Methods Scintigraphy Social Sciences Socioeconomic Factors Spatial distribution Stress Studies Surgery Tobacco Trends Urban areas Urban environments Young Adult
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