Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study
Objective To study potential changes in attendance at emergency departments (ED) in Reykjavík immediately following the swift economic meltdown in Iceland in October 2008. Methods Using electronic medical records of the National University Hospital in Reykjavík, a population-based register study was...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:emermed:emermed-2011-200518v1 2023-05-15T16:47:29+02:00 Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study Guðjónsdóttir, Guðlaug Rakel Kristjánsson, Már Ólafsson, Örn Arnar, Davíð O Getz, Linn Sigurðsson, Jóhann Ágúst Guðmundsson, Sigurður Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur 2011-09-22 17:30:01.0 text/html http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/emermed-2011-200518v1 https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200518 en eng British Medical Journal Publishing Group http://emj.bmj.com/cgi/content/short/emermed-2011-200518v1 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200518 Copyright (C) 2011, British Association for Accident and Emergency Medicine Original article TEXT 2011 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2011-200518 2012-06-19T01:41:55Z Objective To study potential changes in attendance at emergency departments (ED) in Reykjavík immediately following the swift economic meltdown in Iceland in October 2008. Methods Using electronic medical records of the National University Hospital in Reykjavík, a population-based register study was conducted contrasting weekly attendance rates at Reykjavík ED (cardiac and general ED) during 10-week periods in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The weekly number of all ED visits (major track), with discharge diagnoses, per total population at risk were used to estimate RR and 95% CI of ED attendance in weeks 41–46 (after the 2008 economic collapse) with the weekly average number of visits during weeks 37–40 (before the collapse) as reference. Results Compared with the preceding weeks (37–40), the economic collapse in week 41 2008 was associated with a distinct increase in the total number of visits to the cardiac ED (RR 1.26; 95% CI 1.07 to 1.49), particularly among women (RR 1.41; 95% CI 1.17 to 1.69) and marginally among men (RR 1.15; 95% CI 0.96 to 1.37). A similar increase was not observed in week 41 at the general ED in 2008 or in either ED in 2007 or 2006. In week 41 2008, visits with ischaemic heart disease as discharge diagnoses (ICD-10: I20–25) were increased among women (RR 1.79; 95% CI 1.01 to 3.17) but not among men (RR 1.07; 95% CI 0.71 to 1.62). Conclusion The dramatic economic collapse in Iceland in October 2008 was associated with an immediate short-term increase in female attendance at the cardiac ED. Text Iceland Reykjavík Reykjavík HighWire Press (Stanford University) Reykjavík Emergency Medicine Journal 29 9 694 698 |
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Objective To study potential changes in attendance at emergency departments (ED) in Reykjavík immediately following the swift economic meltdown in Iceland in October 2008. Methods Using electronic medical records of the National University Hospital in Reykjavík, a population-based register study was conducted contrasting weekly attendance rates at Reykjavík ED (cardiac and general ED) during 10-week periods in 2006, 2007 and 2008. The weekly number of all ED visits (major track), with discharge diagnoses, per total population at risk were used to estimate RR and 95% CI of ED attendance in weeks 41–46 (after the 2008 economic collapse) with the weekly average number of visits during weeks 37–40 (before the collapse) as reference. Results Compared with the preceding weeks (37–40), the economic collapse in week 41 2008 was associated with a distinct increase in the total number of visits to the cardiac ED (RR 1.26; 95% CI 1.07 to 1.49), particularly among women (RR 1.41; 95% CI 1.17 to 1.69) and marginally among men (RR 1.15; 95% CI 0.96 to 1.37). A similar increase was not observed in week 41 at the general ED in 2008 or in either ED in 2007 or 2006. In week 41 2008, visits with ischaemic heart disease as discharge diagnoses (ICD-10: I20–25) were increased among women (RR 1.79; 95% CI 1.01 to 3.17) but not among men (RR 1.07; 95% CI 0.71 to 1.62). Conclusion The dramatic economic collapse in Iceland in October 2008 was associated with an immediate short-term increase in female attendance at the cardiac ED. |
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Guðjónsdóttir, Guðlaug Rakel Kristjánsson, Már Ólafsson, Örn Arnar, Davíð O Getz, Linn Sigurðsson, Jóhann Ágúst Guðmundsson, Sigurður Valdimarsdóttir, Unnur |
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Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study |
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Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study |
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Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study |
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Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study |
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Immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in Iceland: an observational study |
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immediate surge in female visits to the cardiac emergency department following the economic collapse in iceland: an observational study |
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