Causes of differences in the uptake of cardiac implantation electronic devices in Slovenia in comparison to other countries

• Main Authors: Prevolnik Rupel Valentina, Erker Renata, Divjak Marko
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2018-01-01
• Series: Slovenian Journal of Public Health
• Subjects: cardiac implantation electronic devices; slovenia; pacemaker; automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator; accessibility; health care technology; medtechta; vsadne srčne elektronske naprave; slovenija; srčni spodbujevalnik; avtomatski srčni vsadni defibrilator; dostopnost; zdravstvena tehnologija
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0001
• ISSN: 1854-2476

The purpose of this study is to analyse and present the causes of the differences in crude utilization rate in cardiac implantation electronic devices, specifically pacemakers and automatic implantable cardioverter-defibrillators, across 5 European countries, with a specific emphasis on Slovenia.