Excess Cardiovascular Mortality in Latvia: A Novel Approach Based on Patient-Level Data to Estimate the Separate Contributions of Primary Prevention, Accessibility and Quality of Hospital Care

BackgroundBecause quantifying the relative contributions of prevention and medical care to the decline in cardiovascular mortality is controversial, at present mortality indicators use a fifty-fifty allocation to fraction avoidable cardiovascular deaths as being partly preventable and partly amenabl...

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Main Authors: Jacopo Lenzi, Chiara Reno, Jolanta Skrule, Jana Lepiksone, Ģirts Briģis, Alina Dūdele, Maria Pia Fantini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kerman University of Medical Sciences 2022-06-01
Series:International Journal of Health Policy and Management
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Online Access:https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3959_6f5694c382c1f2e7461d26abffc86388.pdf