Abstract:
:Cardiovascular disease (CVD) contributes greatly to inequalities in health in Europe. The acute myocardial infarction (MI) in hospital death rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina is three fold higher than in European Union countries before the enlargement in 2004. There is also a striking difference in mortality between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Central and East European countries that joined the EU in 2004. Rapid development of high technology treatment procedures, which followed the economic recovery of the European Union countries, still have only limited influence on the overall control of MI death rate. Large potential to control MI death rate lies in developing PCI capable network with target to rapid reperfusion therapy in MI patients. The hypothesis that social factors may contribute to explain high MI death rate is attractive, but still is an assumption. However, if confirmed, transforming such knowledge into a practical health policy would be a great challenge. A resource-saving balanced assessment approach to health technology development is warrant in Bosnia and Herzegovina. An international help is needed.
journal_name
Int J Cardioljournal_title
International journal of cardiologyauthors
Fazlibegović E,Terzić I,Hadziomerovic Mdoi
10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.224subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-08-01 00:00:00pages
S44-6eissn
0167-5273issn
1874-1754pii
S0167-5273(16)31235-9journal_volume
217 Supplpub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 信件,多中心研究
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/0167-5273(93)90108-s
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1987-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 信件
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更新日期:2008-11-28 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of cardiology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.06.010
更新日期:2016-09-15 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-01-04 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-08-06 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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