BACKGROUND: Lower case fatality and increased use of evidence-based invasive management incl. coronary angiography (CAG) have been reported for @entity1 admitted with @entity583 ( @entity583 ) in the last 25 years. This article seeks to investigate whether these advances have benefitted @entity1 in all socio-economic groups and how this has impacted on inequality in case fatality. METHODS: Forty three thousand eight hundred and forty three @entity1 admitted with @entity583 in the period from 2001 to 2009 were included. Socio-economic position was measured using individual information on education. Age-standardized cumulative incidence of CAG within 1, 3 and 30 days along with age-standardized case fatality within 30 and 365 days were estimated. Cox regression models were used to model the relative inequality over time. RESULTS: Use of CAG within 1, 3 and 30 days increased for all educational groups over time and the inequality in CAG within 1 and 3 days seen in the beginning of the time frame was eliminated. Case fatality decreased in all educational groups and the relative inequality in 30 days case fatality decreased for @entity1 but not 365 days case fatality. No change was seen for inequality in case fatality for @entity1 . CONCLUSION: Increased use of CAG within the evidence based time frame was observed along with a decrease in inequality. However, a reduction in inequality was only observed for short term case fatality, and only for @entity1 . These results suggest that inequality in case fatality is not primarily driven by inequality in invasive management of @entity583 .

Socio-economic position and time trends in invasive management and case fatality after XXXX in Denmark.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'patients', 'men'] @entity583 :: ('MESH:D009203', 'Disease') :: ['AMI', 'acute myocardial infarction']
@entity583 :: (MESH:D009203,Disease) :: ['acute myocardial infarction']
