Registering ischaemic heart disease: are we meeting the targets for South Asians?
Author(s) -
H. Naqvi,
Yoav BenShlomo,
Ian Baker,
Nigel Field
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdh182
Subject(s) - ethnic group , ischaemic heart disease , medicine , disease , demography , primary care , epidemiology , family medicine , cardiology , sociology , anthropology
Registration on a primary care disease register is a necessary first step for the provision of systematic care for ischaemic heart disease (IHD). We examined whether there is any potential bias in IHD registration based upon the ethnic origin of the patient.
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