Gender and ethnic disparities in outcome following acute myocardial infarction among Bedouins and Jews in Southern Israel

Gender and ethnic disparities in outcome following acute myocardial infarction among Bedouins and Jews in Southern Israel

Previous studies have documented gender-ethnic disparities in outcomes following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study evaluates such disparities in the Negev, Israel, and reviews potentially responsible mechanisms. Patients discharged with AMI were classified into young (

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of public health 2011-02, Vol.21 (1), p.74-80
Hauptverfasser: Plakht, Ygal, Gilutz, Harel, Shiyovich, Arthur, Zahger, Doron, Weitzman, Shimon
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Aged
Arabs
Bedouins
Cultural differences
Female
Gender
Gender differences
Heart attacks
Humans
Israel - epidemiology
Jewish people
Jews
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Male
Medical prognosis
Middle Aged
Mortality
Multivariate analysis
Myocardial Infarction
Myocardial Infarction - ethnology
Myocardial Infarction - mortality
Public health
Quality of Health Care
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
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Zusammenfassung:Previous studies have documented gender-ethnic disparities in outcomes following acute myocardial infarction (AMI). This study evaluates such disparities in the Negev, Israel, and reviews potentially responsible mechanisms. Patients discharged with AMI were classified into young (
ISSN:1101-1262
1464-360X
DOI:10.1093/eurpub/ckq012