Why the study?
Does low social position or South Asian ethnicity reduce access to cardiac procedures and drugs independently of clinical need in civil servants?
Does low social position or South Asian ethnicity reduce access to cardiac procedures and drugs independently of clinical need in civil servants?
Differences in medical care access are unlikely to contribute to social or ethnic differences in coronary heart disease in this cohort, as access was driven by clinical need rather than social position or ethnicity.
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Access to cardiac procedures and drugs driven by clinical need, not social position; supports equity in this cohort but leaves generalizability open.
Britton et al. (2004) studied this question.
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