Acute myocardial infarction hospital admissions and deaths in England: a national follow-back and follow-forward record-linkage study

• Main Authors: Perviz Asaria, MRCP (Author), Paul Elliott, ProfMBBS (Author), Margaret Douglass, MEng (Author), Ziad Obermeyer, MD (Author), Michael Soljak, PhD (Author), Azeem Majeed, ProfMD (Author), Majid Ezzati, ProfFMedSci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Little information is available on how primary and comorbid acute myocardial infarction contribute to the mortality burden of acute myocardial infarction, the share of these deaths that occur during or after a hospital admission, and the reasons for hospital admission of those w...