"UNCERTIFIED DEATHS IN SCOTLAND."

The National Drug-Related Deaths Database (Scotland) Report: Analysis of Deaths occurring in 2014

Political Perspectives on Uncertified Home Care Agencies

This article examines the political agendas of public sector and organized private sector interests concerned with policies affecting uncertified home care agencies in three metropolitan areas. Using a telephone survey, the study found substantial differences across these groups in both the frequency with which they work on given issues and in some key attitudes. Overall, respondents were most ...

Trend analysis of socioeconomic differentials in deaths from injury in childhood in Scotland, 1981-95.

Socioeconomic category influenced the use of the Glasgow Emergency Medical Service, with increased contact rates by children and adults from deprived areas. For elderly people, the highest contact rate was among the most affluent. While the effect of affluence on raising expectations and service use has been reported, this association has not previously been linked to age. 5 After contacting th...

Contribution of problem drug users’ deaths to excess mortality in Scotland: secondary analysis of cohort study

OBJECTIVES To examine the "Scottish effect"-namely, the growing divergence between mortality in Scotland and England that is not explained by national differences in levels of deprivation-and, more specifically, to examine the extent to which the Scottish effect is explained by cross national differences in the prevalence of problem drug use. DESIGN Secondary analysis of cohort study (the DOR...

The social patterning of deaths due to assault in Scotland, 1980–2005: population-based study

OBJECTIVES The objectives of this study were to explore the extent of the social gradient for deaths due to assault and its impact on overall inequalities in mortality and to investigate the contribution to assault mortality of knives and other sharp weapons. DESIGN An analysis of death records and contemporaneous population estimates was conducted. SETTING The authors investigated the soci...