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Inappropriate hospital admission according to patient intrinsic risk factors
San Jose-Saras, D.; Vicente-Guijarro, J.; Sousa, P.; Moreno-Nunez, P.; Espejo-Mambié, M.; Aranaz-Andres, J. M.Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).; Background: Inappropriate hospital admissions compromise the efficiency of the health care system. This work analyzes, for the first time, the prevalence of inappropriate admission and its association with clinical and epidemiological patient characteristics. Objectives: To estimate the prevalence, associated risk factors, and economic impact of inappropriate hospita...
Cardiovascular disease and high blood pressure trend analyses from 2002 to 2016
Abreu, D.; Sousa, P.; Matias-Dias, C.; Pinto, F. J.Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death around the world; however, many CVD events could be prevented if we focused on modification of the main risk factors. Increased salt consumption is estimated to have caused millions of deaths, mostly related to CVD, particularly stroke, which is the leading cause of death in Portugal. In our study, we aim to assess trends in the proportion o...
Longitudinal impact of the smoking ban legislation in acute coronary syndrome a...
Abreu, António Domingos; Sousa, P.; Dias, Carlos Matias; Pinto, F. J.Background and Purpose. The association between smoking and CV has been proved; however smoking is still the first preventable cause of death in the EU. We aim to evaluate the potential impact of the smoke ban on the number of ACS events in the Portuguese population. In addition, we evaluate the longitudinal effects of the smoking ban several years after its implementation. Methods. We analyzed the admission ra...