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J Epidemiol Community Health 55:521-527 doi:10.1136/jech.55.7.521
  • Public health policy and practice

Is it feasible to plan secondary care services for coronary heart disease rationally? A quantified modelling approach for a UK Health Authority

Table 4

Implied required activity rates per million population given published incidence studies

Study Exercise ECG Angiogram PTCA CABG PTCAs + CABGs
Gandhi (1994) NA NA NA NA
NHSME (1994) 1 247 502 63 184 247
Current activity 2 642 917 113 340 453
Fry (1976) 2 667 925 114 341 455
British Cardiac Society 4 000 1 600 to 2 000 400 600 1000
Rose (1968) (1%) 9 812 3 400 420 1263 1683
Grieg (1980) 10 196 3 537 435 1310 1745
Marmot (1997) 22 341 7 753 957 2871 3828
Rose (1968) (3.6%) 37 777 13 114 1620 4855 6475

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