Educational inequality in patient-reported outcomes but not mortality among cardiac patients: Results from the national DenHeart survey with register follow-up.

Conclusions: In a large population of patients with cardiac disease a significant educational gradient was found in mental and physical health and quality of life at hospital discharge. There was, however, no association between educational level and risk of cardiac events or mortality 1 year after hospital discharge.
PMID: 32009558 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Public Health - February 2, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christensen AV, Juel K, Ekholm O, Thrysoee L, Thorup CB, Borregaard B, Mols RE, Rasmussen TB, Berg SK Tags: Scand J Public Health Source Type: research