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Barenthin, I, et al.
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A two-wave interview study of frequency of dental visits and dental complaints
1979
Ingår i: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. - 0301-5661 .- 1600-0528. ; 7:3, s. 128-32
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
A panel of 268 persons were interviewed twice at an interval of 2 years concerning their visits to dentists and their dental status. The answers they gave on the two occasions agreed well, except for the year of the last visit if it had taken place long ago. This was true both for the people who had gone to the dentist between the interviews and for those who had not. The panel was also asked whether they had any dental complaints. Sixteen percent of them reported complaints at one or both interviews. Complaints were more common among persons who did not often go to the dentist. The persons with complaints did not always get rid of them by going to a dentist. It is concluded that interview data be used for investigating the dental health and behavior of people who do not often go to the dentist, and that dentists are more successful in maintaining good dental health in people who have no dental complaints than in people who report having complaints.
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Berfenstam, R, et al.
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Tierpsprojektet
1978
Ingår i: Socialmedicinsk Tidskrift. - 0037-833X. ; 55, s. 417-20
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Cullhed, I, et al.
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Letter : Coronary care
1975
Ingår i: Annals of Internal Medicine. - 0003-4819 .- 1539-3704. ; 83:4, s. 575-
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Esscher, E, et al.
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Cardiovascular malformation in infant deaths. 10-year clinical and epidemiological study.
1975
Ingår i: British heart journal. - 0007-0769. ; 37:8, s. 824-9
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
The infant mortality from cardiovascular malformations in a region with a population of 2 million inhabitants during a 10-year period has been studied. The study involved validation of the diagnoses and judgement whether the cardiovascular malformation was the dominating or a contributing cause of death. It is shown that the incidence of fatal cardiovascular malformations is probably overestimated in the official death statistics. Evaluation of the clinical findings and necropsy reports are important aids in obtaining more reliable figures of the incidence. The rate of referral of infants with cardiovascular malformations has increased during the period of this study, so that the number of operable lesions not referred has decreased. The infant mortality rate, found in this study, of 1.33 per 1000 liveborn babies constitutes about 20 per cent of all liveborn infants with cardiovascular malformations. The most common lesions found in those who died belonged to the group constituting the hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The proportion of this type of malformation, about 20 per cent of all those dying, is higher than in other similar studies. This difference can probably be explained by variations in selection and classification.
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Meirik, O, et al.
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Demographic techniques in describing contraceptive use applied on the situation in Sweden
1979
Ingår i: Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Supplement. - 0300-8835. ; 88, s. 61-64
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
The authors suggest expressing the amount of use of contraceptives in a female population in the same terms as used to denote the occurrence of births, with one year of contraceptive use regarded as an event in the same sense as a birth. If the prevalence of contraceptives in a population can be expressed in the same terms as other events associated with reproduction, such as births and abortions, it may help to clarify the relationships between these events. Applying the method used to calculate the total fertility and abortion rates on the use of oral contraceptives and intrauterine devices in Sweden in 1975, they noted 1.8 deliveries, 0.6 legal abortions and seven years' use of oral contraceptives and six years' use of intrauterine device per women.
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Meirik, O, et al.
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Impact of changing age and parity distributions of mothers on perinatal mortality in Sweden, 1953-1975
1979
Ingår i: International Journal of Epidemiology. - 0300-5771 .- 1464-3685. ; 8:4, s. 361-64
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
A study was made on how the shift in the age and parity distribution of mothers affected the perinatal mortality in Sweden between 1953-55 and 1973-75. During these years the overall perinatal mortality rate fell from 29 to 13 per 1 000 births. The authors used the specific perinatal mortality rates by the mother's age and infant's birth order in 1973-75 to calculate what the overall perinatal mortality rate would have been with the age and parity distributions of mothers in 1953-55 and 1963-65. They conclude that only 1.4 of the 16 per 1 000 decline in perinatal mortality could be attributed to the shift in the mother's age and parity distribution.
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Neuhauser, Dunkan, et al.
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Structural Differences Between Swedish and us Hospitals
1979. - 1 st
Ingår i: Organizations Alike and Unlike (RLE: Organizations) International and Inter-Institutional Studies in the Sociology of Organizations. - London : Routledge. - 9780203370414
Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt) abstract
This is the report of an applied study which was commissioned to explain the difference in hospital employee-to-patient ratios in general hospitals in Sweden and the USA. The impetus for early American enquiries into Swedish health services was the discovery that Swedes live longer and have a lower infant mortality rate than Americans or every other country for that matter. In the process, it was discovered that Swedish hospitals have substantially fewer employees and therefore presumably less cost than American hospitals (see Table 15.1). What could be nicer: longer life at less cost. The Swedish impetus comes from a desire to monitor new ideas and different approaches which might be usefully adapted. Thus, this study which is unabashedly applied in nature. (1)We will not consider the relationship between health measures, such as life expectancy and infant mortality and what doctors and hospitals do, except to report a consensus among researchers that there is very little relationship between the two. (2) If one were to explain the differences in life expectancy between Sweden and the USA, the most fruitful source would be cultural variation related to nutrition, poverty, war, automobile accidents, abortion policy, murder, suicide, smoking, exercise, and such. Whatever effect hospitals have on health is lost among these other variables.
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Pettersson, F, et al.
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Outcome of twin birth : Review of 1,636 children born in twin birth
1976
Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica. - 0001-656X. ; 65:4, s. 473-79
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
During the five-year period 1964-68 96 733 births were registered in the 28 hospitals equipped with maternity facilities in the Uppsala hospital region. Of these babies, 1 636 were born in 818 twin deliveries. Data on gestational age, sex, weight and length at birth, birth order, hospital type, congenital malformations and perinatal mortality are analysed. Altogether 17.3 per 1 000 of the children born during this period were born in multiple births. The perinatal mortality for the twin babies was 64 per 1 000 born, with the mortality higher in the less specialized hospitals than the others. Twin no. 1 suffered perinatal death in 67 cases per 1 000 and twin no. 2 in 60 cases per 1 000. For twins of primiparae the losses were 92 per 1 000 children and for twins born to multiparae 51 per 1 000. Altogether 72 per 1 000 male twins died perinatally compared to 52 per 1 000 female twins. The most heavy losses occurred among the low-weight premature twins and in these cases both twins often suffered perinatal death.
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Reizenstein, P, et al.
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Overprescribing iron tablets to elderly people in Sweden
1979
Ingår i: The BMJ. - 1756-1833. ; 2:6196, s. 962-63
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
Iron should not be prescribed to middle-aged men or older women with anaemia unless the possibility that the iron deficiency is caused by a gastrointestinal tumour has been considered. Thus the prescribing of iron to elderly people was investigated by studying four different prescription statistics and by reviewing records. Over one in 10 women aged over 65 were prescribed iron tablets. Men and women in the oldest age groups were prescribed iron most frequently. The reasons for prescribing iron were examined at a rural health centre. Out of 327 records of patients who were prescribed iron during 1975, 157 were randomly selected and reviewed. Only 18 out of 48 (38%) patients aged 45-75 (men) and 55-75 (women) and 29 out of 109 (27%) aged over 75 years had probable or possible iron-deficiency anaemia as established from the records. Only nine (19%) of the younger patients had a plausible reason for the anaemia other than a bleeding tumour. Ten (9%) of the older patients were considered to be inoperable cases. Thus, according to the records, only 18 (17%) of the patients over 75 years and nine (19%) of those in the younger age group have been prescribed iron. About 70% of all the patients were considered not to have iron deficiency; 7% had had iron deficiency previously, and 20% probably had anaemia as a result of chronic disease; for 43% no real reason for the iron prescription could be found in the record. Thus it is concluded that iron is overprescribed in Sweden, particularly for elderly people. It should not be prescribed until the possibility of a bleeding gastrointestinal tumour has been excluded.
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Sjölin, S, et al.
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The state of health of Swedish children
1979
Ingår i: Acta Pediatrica Scandinavica. Supplement. - 0300-8843. ; 275, s. 16-27
Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat) abstract
An attempt is made briefly to describe the present health problems of Swedish children. The report is based on data available in official statistics or collected from special studies. It is concluded that the general state of health of Swedish children is good when assessed by commonly used criteria. The mortality pattern is dominated by perinatal and accidental deaths, but also neoplasms are of importance. There are indications that genetic and handicapping disorders, and psychosocial maladjustment will receive more attention in the future.
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