Determinants of Avoidable Deaths from Ischaemic Heart Diseases in East and West Germany

The objective of this paper is to identify selected forces of the decrease in the number of avoidable deaths from ischaemic heart diseases (IHD) inWest and East Germany from 1996 to 2004. Our main result reveals that the number of intracardiac catheter facilities,which are an important diagnostic tool for IHD, do significantly account for decreases in avoidable mortality from IHD.This is important, as the modernization of the East German health sector included a considerable catch-up process in the number of IC facilities provided relative to West Germany.

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Schwierz, Christoph ; Wübker, Ansgar
Publisher:	Essen : Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI)
Subject:	Herzkrankheit \| Sterblichkeit \| Medizintechnisches Gerät \| Wirtschaftliche Anpassung \| Alte Bundesländer \| Neue Bundesländer \| Deutschland \| Avoidable deaths \| ischaemic heart disease \| intracardiac catheters \| Germany

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Series:	Ruhr Economic Papers ; 119
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-3-86788-133-3
Other identifiers:	60563999X [GVK] hdl:10419/29914 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:rwirep:119 [RePEc]
Classification:	I12 - Health Production: Nutrition, Mortality, Morbidity, Substance Abuse and Addiction, Disability, and Economic Behavior ; I19 - Health. Other
Source:	EconStor

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