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dc.contributor.authorGrignon, Michelen
dc.contributor.authorSpencer, Byron G.en
dc.contributor.authorWang, Lien
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-04-
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-27T17:11:46Z-
dc.date.available2012-11-27T17:11:46Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/66901-
dc.description.abstractIn this article we analyse the rates at which those admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) receive aggressive treatment, assess how those rates have changed over time, and ask whether there is evidence of age discrepancies. Estimates made on the basis of data from an administrative database that includes discharges from all acute care hospitals in Ontario for selected years, from 1995 to 2005, indicate that there are strong and persistent age patterns in the application of medical technology. Results showed that to be true even after controlling for the higher rates of co-morbidities among older patients and variations across hospitals in practice patterns.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMcMaster University, Research Institute for Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population (QSEP) |cHamilton (Ontario)en
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aQSEP Research Report |x444en
dc.subject.jelI11en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordtreatment of AMIen
dc.subject.keywordage patternen
dc.subject.stwGesundheitsversorgungen
dc.subject.stwKrankenhausen
dc.subject.stwAltersgruppeen
dc.subject.stwKanadaen
dc.titleIs there an age pattern in the treatment of AMI? Evidence from Ontario-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn638479541en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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