Predicting the burden of acute myocardial infarction in a country with limited resources: combining data from routine sources

Conclusions Despite no electronic medical record system in Barbados, data were simple to collect, and provided a rough baseline for acute MI burden. We show that, in countries with small populations, limited resources and in absence of surveillance, national mortality statistics and routine hospital data can be combined to adequately model national estimates of acute MI incidence. This cheap and simple, yet fairly accurate method could be a key tool for other low-resource countries with ageing populations and increasing cardiovascular disease levels.
Source: International Health - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research