Open AccessTrends and regional inequalities in mortality from stroke in the context of health care reform in Lithuania
Author(s) -
Ramuné Kalèdiené,
Daiva Rastenytė
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
medicina
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.53
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1648-9144
pISSN - 1010-660X
DOI - 10.1016/j.medici.2016.06.003
Subject(s) - inequality , mortality rate , context (archaeology) , stroke (engine) , rural area , health care , socioeconomic status , demography , lithuanian , geography , medicine , socioeconomics , economic growth , environmental health , population , economics , sociology , mechanical engineering , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , pathology , engineering , linguistics , philosophy
The objective of the study was to analyze mortality from stroke in Lithuania the context of health care reform with particular interest in urban/rural and regional inequalities. Based on the analysis of trends in mortality, and to detection of break-points over two decades of socioeconomic transition, it focused on the challenges in stroke care provision.