Social inequalities in mild and severe myocardial infarction: how large is the gap in health expectancies?

• Main Authors: Juliane Tetzlaff (Author), Siegfried Geyer (Author), Mechthild Westhoff-Bleck (Author), Stefanie Sperlich (Author), Jelena Epping (Author), Fabian Tetzlaff (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Acute myocardial infarction (MI) remains a frequent health event and a major contributor to long-term impairments globally. So far, research on social inequalities in MI incidence and mortality with respect to MI severity is limited. Furthermore, evidence is lacking on disparitie...