Acute myocardial infarction in the Brazilian State of São Paulo. In-hospital deaths from 1979 to 1996 and hospital fatality from 1984 to 1998 in the public health system
OBJECTIVE: To determine the following parameters in the Brazilian State of São Paulo: 1) the percentage of deaths due to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) occurring in hospitals; 2) the percentage of deaths due to AMI occurring in public health system hospitals as compared with all in-hospital death...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC)
2000-01-01
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Series: | Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2000000100005 |