God vård på lika villkor vid hjärtinfarkt i dagens Sverige. Geografiska skillnader i dödlighet utan betyd
Merlo, Juan LU
; Håkansson, Anders
LU
; Beckman, Anders
LU
; Lindblad, Ulf
LU
; Lindström, Martin
LU
; Gerdtham, Ulf
LU
and Råstam, Lennart
LU
(2005)
In Läkartidningen
102(1-2).
p.20-23
- Abstract
- It is a known fact that the 1990s brought a decrease in mortality after myocardial infarction in Sweden but that differences in mortality rates following myocardial infarction still remain between the Swedish counties. Unresolved, however, are questions as to what these inter-county differences mean for the individual patient and what role hospital care plays in this context. We analysed all patients aged 64-85 years who were hospitalised following diagnosis of myocardial infarction in Sweden during the period 1993-1996. To gain an understanding of the relevance of geographical differences in mortality after myocardial infarction for the individual patient we applied multi-level regression analysis and calculated county and hospital median... (More)
- It is a known fact that the 1990s brought a decrease in mortality after myocardial infarction in Sweden but that differences in mortality rates following myocardial infarction still remain between the Swedish counties. Unresolved, however, are questions as to what these inter-county differences mean for the individual patient and what role hospital care plays in this context. We analysed all patients aged 64-85 years who were hospitalised following diagnosis of myocardial infarction in Sweden during the period 1993-1996. To gain an understanding of the relevance of geographical differences in mortality after myocardial infarction for the individual patient we applied multi-level regression analysis and calculated county and hospital median odds ratios (MORs) in relation to 28-day mortality. For hospitalised patients with myocardial infarction, being cared for in another hospital with higher mortality would increase the risk of dying by 9% (MOR=1.09) in men and 12% in women. If these patients moved to another county with higher mortality the risk would increase by 7% and 3%, respectively. The small geographical differences in 28-day mortality after myocardial infarction found in Sweden suggest a high degree of equality across the country; however, further improvement could be achieved in hospital care, especially for women - an issue that deserves further analysis. (Less)
- Abstract (Swedish)
- I TV-programmet »Uppdrag granskning« påstods nyligen
(16 mars 2004) att det är livsviktigt för patienter
med akut hjärtinfarkt att bo i närheten av rätt sjukhus.
Frågan är när geografiska skillnader i dödlighet blir
så pass stora och säkra att de har betydelse för den
enskilda patienten.
När man studerar skillnader i dödlighet mellan olika
sjukhus bör man om möjligt också beakta landstingens
roll.
I detta arbete applicerar vi flernivåanalys för att studera
skillnader i 28-dagarsdödlighet efter förstagångsinfarkt
mellan landsting och mellan sjukhus.
Vi finner att den enskilda infarktpatienten skulle tjäna
väldigt lite på att... (More) - I TV-programmet »Uppdrag granskning« påstods nyligen
(16 mars 2004) att det är livsviktigt för patienter
med akut hjärtinfarkt att bo i närheten av rätt sjukhus.
Frågan är när geografiska skillnader i dödlighet blir
så pass stora och säkra att de har betydelse för den
enskilda patienten.
När man studerar skillnader i dödlighet mellan olika
sjukhus bör man om möjligt också beakta landstingens
roll.
I detta arbete applicerar vi flernivåanalys för att studera
skillnader i 28-dagarsdödlighet efter förstagångsinfarkt
mellan landsting och mellan sjukhus.
Vi finner att den enskilda infarktpatienten skulle tjäna
väldigt lite på att – om det vore möjligt – flytta till ett
annat landsting eller annat sjukhus. De små geografiska
skillnaderna i dödlighet efter hjärtinfarkt tyder
på en god vård på lika villkor i dagens Sverige. (Less)
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- author
- Merlo, Juan
LU
; Håkansson, Anders
LU
; Beckman, Anders
LU
; Lindblad, Ulf
LU
; Lindström, Martin
LU
; Gerdtham, Ulf
LU
and Råstam, Lennart
LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Equally good care of myocardial infarction in Sweden today. Geographic differences in mortality are without significance for the individual patient
- publishing date
- 2005
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Odds Ratio, Myocardial Infarction: therapy, Myocardial Infarction: mortality, Middle Aged, Male, Humans, Hospital Mortality, Female, English Abstract, Aged, Comparative Study, Regression Analysis, Sweden: epidemiology, Quality of Health Care
- in
- Läkartidningen
- volume
- 102
- issue
- 1-2
- pages
- 20 - 23
- publisher
- Swedish Medical Association
- ISSN
- 0023-7205
- language
- Swedish
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- aabc5459-9185-49c2-b9e6-9df2530e04ba (old id 133792)
- alternative location
- http://ltarkiv.lakartidningen.se/artNo29629
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 15:52:29
- date last changed
- 2025-06-10 02:16:38
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