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A comparison of in-hospital acute myocardial infarction management between Port...
Lobo, Mariana F.; Azzone, Vanessa; Azevedo, Luís Filipe; Melica, Bruno; Freitas, Alberto; Nicolau, Leonor Bacelar; Gonçalves, Francisco N. RochaObjective: To compare healthcare in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) treatment between contrasting health systems using comparable representative data from Europe and USA. Design: Repeated cross-sectional retrospective cohort study. Setting: Acute care hospitals in Portugal and USA during 2000-2010. Participants: Adults discharged with AMI. Interventions: Coronary revascularizations procedures (percutaneous co...
The Atlantic divide in coronary heart disease : epidemiology and patient care i...
Lobo, Mariana F; Azzone, Vanessa; Resnic, Frederic S; Melica, Bruno; Pinto, Armando Teixeira; Azevedo, Luís Filipe; Freitas, Alberto; Nisa, CláudiaIntroduction and Objectives: We aimed to compare access to new health technologies to treat coronary heart disease (CHD) in the health systems of Portugal and the US, characterizing the needs of the populations and the resources available. Methods: We reviewed data for 2000 and 2010 on epidemiologic profiles of CHD and on health care available to patients. Thirty health technologies (16 medical devices and 14 d...
Picturing inequities for health impact assessment : linked electronic records, ...
Nicolau, Leonor Bacelar; Rodrigues, Teresa; Fernandes, Elisabete; Lobo, Mariana F.; Nisa, Cláudia Fernandes; Azzone, Vanessa; Pinto, Armando TeixeiraHealth impact assessment (HIA) focuses on minimizing inequities when studying the effects of a policy on the population’s health. Nevertheless, it is seldom simultaneously quantified, multivariate, and visually graphically comprehensible for non-statisticians. This paper aims to address that gap, assessing a policy promoting the quality of Electronic Health Records, linking hospital and primary health care data...