Cost of cardiovascular diseases in the United Kingdom

Cost of stroke in the United Kingdom.

INTRODUCTION this study aims to quantify the annual cost of illness of stroke to the UK economy. METHODS we estimate the cost of stroke from a societal perspective. Direct care costs include diagnosis, inpatient care and outpatient care. Income loss and social benefit payments to stroke patients are accounted for in the indirect cost calculations. Data from South London Stroke Register and a ...

The United Kingdom pacing and cardiovascular events (UKPACE) trial. United Kingdom Pacing and Cardiovascular Events.

Emerging infectious diseases--United Kingdom.

Update Dr. Walford is director of the Public Health Laboratory Service, which is responsible, through its Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC), for the surveillance of infections and com-municable diseases in England and Wales. Dr. Walford recently chaired a national committee that produced The Path of Least Resistance, a report containing recommendations to minimize the development ...

Race and Ethnic Differences in the Associations between Cardiovascular Diseases, Anxiety, and Depression in the United States

Introduction: Although cardiovascular diseases and psychiatric disorders are linked, it is not yet known if such links are independent of comorbid medical diseases and if these associations depend on race and ethnicity. This study aimed to determine if the associations between cardiovascular diseases with general anxiety disorder (GAD) and major depressive episode (MDE) are ind...

On the occurrence of rheumatic diseases in the United Kingdom.

KNOWLEDGE of the occurrence of specific rheumatic diseases is of interest not only to epidemiologists but also to those planning clinical services, undertaking clinical research, and perhaps to the individual clinician in aiding diagnosis. Thus the recognition that young black females are at higher risk of SLE will increase the 'index of suspicion' when confronted with such a patient complainin...