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TY - JOUR
T1 - Variations in use of tertiary cardiac services in part of North-West England
AU - Gatrell, Anthony
AU - Lancaster, Gillian
AU - Chapple, Alison
AU - Horsley, Stephen
AU - Smith, Mark
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Health and Place 8 (3), 2002, © ELSEVIER.
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - We assess the extent to which the need for tertiary cardiac care is being met uniformly within two Health Authorities in North-West England. We analyse small-area data from 1993�1996 on standardised rates of investigation (angiography) and surgery (bypass grafts and angioplasty). Utilisation by electoral ward is shown to be related to material deprivation. Small areas in which the Asian population is high have significantly fewer angiograms and angioplasties than might be expected according to need, while there is some evidence that women do not receive the levels of bypass surgery that might be expected.
AB - We assess the extent to which the need for tertiary cardiac care is being met uniformly within two Health Authorities in North-West England. We analyse small-area data from 1993�1996 on standardised rates of investigation (angiography) and surgery (bypass grafts and angioplasty). Utilisation by electoral ward is shown to be related to material deprivation. Small areas in which the Asian population is high have significantly fewer angiograms and angioplasties than might be expected according to need, while there is some evidence that women do not receive the levels of bypass surgery that might be expected.
KW - tertiary cardiac services
KW - material deprivation
KW - ethnicity
U2 - 10.1016/S1353-8292(01)00044-2
DO - 10.1016/S1353-8292(01)00044-2
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
SP - 147
EP - 153
JO - Health and Place
JF - Health and Place
SN - 1353-8292
IS - 3
ER -