Health inequalities in hospitalisation and mortality in patients diagnosed with heart failure in a universal healthcare coverage system.

Raquel GarciaRosa AbellanaJordi RealJosé-Luis Del ValJose Maria Verdú-RotellarMiguel-Ángel Muñoz

Published in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2018)

In spite of finding a gradient that linked socioeconomic deprivation to an increased risk of hospitalisation, there were no differences in mortality regarding SES in a universal healthcare coverage system.

Keyphrases

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ejection fraction
end stage renal disease
affordable care act
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