Why the study?
Does higher socioeconomic deprivation reduce survival in patients after heart transplantation?
Does higher socioeconomic deprivation reduce survival in patients after heart transplantation?
Higher socioeconomic deprivation is associated with significantly shorter overall and conditional survival after heart transplantation, even in a universal healthcare system.
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May warrant socioeconomic screening post-transplant; leaves open whether targeted interventions improve survival in universal healthcare systems.
Evans et al. (2016) studied this question.
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