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Understanding bias in EMS STEMI data: a national service-evaluation study of deprivation, behavioural pathways and inequality metrics in Wales
2026-01-13
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<title>Abstract</title> <p> <bold>Background</bold> Composite deprivation indices are widely used in health services research but may introduce endogeneity when health-related indicators are included in the deprivation measure itself. This study examined whether socioeconomic gradients in emergency cardiac events reflect true disease burden or are distorted by index composition and behavioural pathway selection...
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- c822e22f-4306-5a2e-b0b7-b3e43fc1292d
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8307622/v1
