| Titre : | Influence of social factors on avoidable mortality : A hospital-based case-control study. (2005) |
| Auteurs : | BAUTISTA (Daniel) : ESP. Department of Preventive Medicine. Dr Peset University Hospital. Valencia. ; José-Luis ALFONSO ; Dolores CORELLA ; Carmen SAIZ ; University of Valencia. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Valencia. ESP |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Public health reports (vol. 120, n° 1, Janvier/Février 2005) |
| Pagination : | 55-62 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Homme ; Epidémiologie ; Mortalité ; Hôpital ; Enquête cas témoin |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS by4R0x9R. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objective. The effect of socioeconomic factors on avoidable mortality at an individual level is not well known, since most studies showing this association are based on aggregate data. The purpose of this study was to determine socioeconomic differences between those patients who die of avoidable causes and those who do not die. Methods. A matched case-control study was carried out regarding in-hospital avoidable mortality (Holland's medical care indicators) that occurred in a university hospital serving a Spanish-Mediterranean population during a 30-month period. Results. We studied 82 cases of death from avoidable causes and 300 controls matched on medical care indicators and age. The variables that showed a statistically significant association with in-hospital avoidable mortality were number of diagnoses (the greater the number, the higher the risk), length of stay (patients staying seven or more days presented a lower risk), and education. Those patients with low and middle educational levels showed a greater risk of avoidable mortality (adjusted odds ratio=3.57 and 2.82, respectively) than those patients with higher levels of education. Conclusions. Consistent with the findings of studies based on aggregate data, our case-control analyses indicated that among several socioeconomic variables studied, educational level was significantly associated with the risk of in-hospital avoidable mortality, regardless of age and medical care indicators. Patients with low levels of education (<6 years of schooling) were at highest risk for in-hospital avoidable mortality, followed by those with middle levels of education (7-10 years of schooling). |
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