Socioeconomic differentials in the uptake of medical care in Great Britain.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The authors assessed whether socioeconomic inequalities in asthma symptoms were already present in preschool children and to what extent prenatal, perinatal and postnatal risk factors for asthma symptoms mediate the effect of socioeconomic status (SES). METHODS:The study included 3136 Dutch children partici...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Hafkamp-de Groen E,van Rossem L,de Jongste JC,Mohangoo AD,Moll HA,Jaddoe VW,Hofman A,Mackenbach JP,Raat H

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Before and during peak influenza periods there is increased morbidity from other respiratory tract disorders. Sentinel networks of primary care physicians can be very effective in the early detection of influenza epidemics and the German network, the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Influenza (AGI), began its work in thi...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Szecsenyi J,Uphoff H,Ley S,Brede HD

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate whether coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is equally provided among different socioeconomic status (SES) groups in accordance with need. To estimate the association between SES and mortality occurring 30 days after CABG surgery. DESIGN:Individual socioeconomic index assigned with respe...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Ancona C,Agabiti N,Forastiere F,Arcà M,Fusco D,Ferro S,Perucci CA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research suggests that first-generation immigrants have a lower suicide risk than those both born in Sweden and with both parents born in Sweden (natives), while the suicide risk in the second generation seems higher. The aim of this study was to investigate to what extent suicide risk in first-gene...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Di Thiene D,Alexanderson K,Tinghög P,La Torre G,Mittendorfer-Rutz E

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The perinatal mortality rates of mothers who delivered at St. Thomas's Hospital from 1969 to 1976 have been examined. The rate in the West Indian population was significant higher than in the United Kingdom white population. The increased West Indian mortality was confined to infants with a birth weight of more than 2...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Robinson MJ,Palmer SR,Avery A,James CE,Beynon JL,Taylor RW

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health inequities between indigenous and non-indigenous people are well documented. However, the contribution of differential exposure to risk factors in the occupational environment remains unclear. This study assessed differences in the prevalence of self-reported exposure to disease risk factors, includin...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Denison HJ,Eng A,Barnes LA,Cheng S,'t Mannetje A,Haddock K,Douwes J,Pearce N,Ellison-Loschmann L

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Home Office has recently published estimates which, for the first time, provide a "robust national estimate" of the number of problematic drug users in England. The 2004/05 and 2005/06 estimates are the highest estimates ever produced for England and coincide with the highest ever government annual expen...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Frisher M,Forsyth A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seroconversion to hepatitis A virus was studied in a sub sample of 802 Israeli military recruits (611 men and 191 women) who were taking part in a randomised controlled trial of pre-exposure immune serum globulin (ISG) for the prevention of viral hepatitis. On intake into the service 35% of the men and 47% of the wome...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Kark JD,Bar-Shany S,Shor S,Merlinski L,Nili E

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Both adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adverse childhood socioeconomic conditions (SECs) in early life are associated with poor outcomes across the life course. However, the complex interrelationships between childhood SECs and ACEs are unclear, as are the consequences for health outcomes beyond child...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Straatmann VS,Lai E,Law C,Whitehead M,Strandberg-Larsen K,Taylor-Robinson D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the situation of the influenza in Portugal through the estimates of the incidence rates and the identification of the viral strains implicated on it during the period 1990-1996. DESIGN:The integrated clinical and laboratory surveillance system for influenza in Portugal is based on the Portuguese...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Falcão IM,de Andrade HR,Santos AS,Paixão MT,Falcão JM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood pressure, pulse rate, body weight, and height were measured on two occasions in the inhabitants of a random 10% sample of households in a Belgian village. Twenty-four-hour urinary excretion of creatinine, sodium, and potassium was also determined. In subjects over the age of 19 there was a significant correlatio...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Staessen J,Fagard R,Lijnen P,Amery A,Bulpitt C,Joossens JV

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess whether in an urban population stage at breast cancer diagnosis is related to area of living and to what extent intra-urban differences in breast cancer mortality are related to incidence respectively stage at diagnosis. DESIGN:National registries were used to identify cases. Mortality in 17 ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Manjer J,Berglund G,Bondesson L,Garne JP,Janzon L,Lindgren A,Malina J,Matson S

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Low socioeconomic status (SES) has been linked to increased risk of hypertension, a known risk factor for cardiovascular disease. How the risk is altered by intergenerational social mobility is not well known. The aim of this study is to investigate parental SES, adult SES and the intergenerational social mo...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Högberg L,Cnattingius S,Lundholm C,Sparén P,Iliadou AN

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To assess the potential for substituting alternative forms of care for admission to an acute hospital in particular groups of patients. DESIGN:A screening tool, the intensity-severity-discharge review system with adult criteria (ISD-A), developed for hospital utilisation review in the USA, was used in ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Coast J,Inglis A,Morgan K,Gray S,Kammerling M,Frankel S

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the association of residential density with overweight among adolescents in an urban area of China. METHODS:Using multistage proportional sampling methods, a population-based cross-sectional study was conducted in Nanjing between September and November 2004 (n=2375; mean age=13.9 ± 1....

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Xu F,Li J,Liang Y,Wang Z,Hong X,Ware RS,Leslie E,Sugiyama T,Owen N

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To describe the differences in health behaviours in disparate marital status groups and to estimate the extent to which these can explain differences in health associated with marital status. DESIGN:Baseline data of a prospective cohort study were used. Directly age standardised percentages of each mar...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Joung IM,Stronks K,van de Mheen H,Mackenbach JP

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this paper is to give an overview and comparison of different easily applicable statistical techniques to analyse recurrent event data. SETTING:These techniques include naive techniques and longitudinal techniques such as Cox regression for recurrent events, generalised estimating equati...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Twisk JW,Smidt N,de Vente W

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We investigated the current temporal trends of suicide in Zhejiang, China, from 2006 to 2016 to determine possible health disparities in order to establish priorities for intervention. METHODS:We collected mortality surveillance data from 2006 to 2016 from the Zhejiang Chronic Disease Surveillance Informati...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Fei F,Liu H,I Leuba S,Li Y,Hu R,Yu M,Pan J,Zhong J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the costs and effects of routine mammography screening by a single mediolateral-oblique view and two views (mediolateral-oblique plus craniocaudal) of each breast. DESIGN:A cost effectiveness analysis of a prospective non-randomised trial comparing one and two view mammography screening was ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Bryan S,Brown J,Warren R

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To determine the validity of a self administered physical activity questionnaire to be used as part of a screening device for postmenopausal osteopaenia (with additional questions on medical history and calcium intake). DESIGN:A questionnaire was posted to 86 perimenopausal women to enquire about weekl...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Suleiman S,Nelson M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was carried out to assess the feasibility of using record linkage for drug monitoring. For two years, three types of records were collected for a total of 43 117 people: (1) details of basic attributes, such as sex and age; (2) details of prescriptions dispensed; and (3) records of hospital admissions, obstetr...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Skegg DC,Doll R

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commonly used estimate of a screening test's sensitivity, based on the prevalence at screening and the incidence of interval cancers, is shown to be logically unsound and quantitatively poor. An alternative simple estimate is proposed, based only on incidence rates. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Day NE

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Two main theoretical models have been used to assess the impact of psychosocial work factors on blood pressure (BP): the demand-control (DC) model and the effort-reward imbalance (ERI) model. Previous studies have mostly used a single time point exposure to examine this association. OBJECTIVE:To examine the...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Trudel X,Brisson C,Milot A,Masse B,Vézina M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Most studies of place effects on health have followed the multilevel analytical approach that investigates geographical variations of health phenomena by fragmenting space into arbitrary areas. This study examined whether analysing geographical variations across continuous space with spatial modelling t...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Chaix B,Merlo J,Chauvin P

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethnic/racial inequalities in access to and quality of healthcare have been repeatedly documented in the USA. Although there is some evidence of inequalities in England, research is not so extensive. Ethnic inequalities in use of primary and secondary health services, and in outcomes of care, were examined i...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Nazroo JY,Falaschetti E,Pierce M,Primatesta P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was to examine adult body height as an indicator of general health. DESIGN:The study was a survey of a randomly selected sample of the adult Swedish population obtained by the Swedish National Central Bureau of Statistics. PARTICIPANTS:The sample studied was identified in 1980...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Peck AM,Vågerö DH

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:The aim was to assess the interrelationship between alcohol intake, cigarette smoking, body weight, and blood lipid concentrations. DESIGN:This was the cross sectional (screening) phase of a prospective study. The main outcome measure was the blood lipids (serum total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Wannamethee G,Shaper AG

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of sexual problems with social, physical, and psychological problems. DESIGN:An anonymous postal questionnaire survey. SETTING:Four general practices in England. PARTICIPANTS:789 men and 979 women responding to a questionnaire sent to a stratified random sample of the a...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Dunn KM,Croft PR,Hackett GI

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This paper aims at assessing the effectiveness of the package of road safety measures implemented after road safety was included in the political agenda in the year 2004 on the number of road traffic-injured people in Spain. METHODS:An evaluation study was performed using an interrupted time-series design. ...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Novoa AM,Pérez K,Santamariña-Rubio E,Marí-Dell'Olmo M,Cozar R,Ferrando J,Peiró R,Tobías A,Zori P,Borrell C

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：STUDY OBJECTIVE:Several studies on differences in infant outcome by socioeconomic position have been done, but these have usually been based on ad hoc data linkages. The aim of this paper was to investigate whether socioeconomic differences in perinatal health in Finland could be regularly monitored using routinely col...

journal_title：Journal of epidemiology and community health

authors： Gissler M,Meriläinen J,Vuori E,Hemminki E

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00