Gender Differences in Hospital Mortality and Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Microsimulation Analysis of the 1999 Nationwide French Hospitals Database

Carine Milcent (1, 2) , Brigitte Dormont (3, 4, 5) ,  isabelle Durand-Zaleski (6) , Philippe Gabriel Steg (7)

1 PJSE - Paris-Jourdan Sciences Economiques
2 PSE - Paris School of Economics
3 IEMS - Institut d'économie et de management de la santé
4 Université Paris Dauphine-PSL
5 LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine
6 Hôpital Henri Mondor
7 Hôpital Bichat - Claude Bernard

The difference in mortality rate between men and women with acute myocardial infarction is due largely to the different age structure of these populations. However, age-adjusted hospital mortality was higher for women and was associated with a lower rate of percutaneous coronary intervention. Simulations suggest that women would derive benefit from more frequent use of percutaneous coronary intervention, although these procedures appear less protective in women than in men.

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Economics and Finance

Carine Milcent, Brigitte Dormont,  isabelle Durand-Zaleski, Philippe Gabriel Steg. Gender Differences in Hospital Mortality and Use of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Acute Myocardial Infarction. Microsimulation Analysis of the 1999 Nationwide French Hospitals Database. Circulation, 2007, 115, pp.833-839. ⟨10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.664979⟩. ⟨halshs-00754241⟩