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J Chalmers
Researcher at NHS Scotland
Publications - 32
Citations - 2447
J Chalmers is an academic researcher from NHS Scotland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Case fatality rate. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 32 publications receiving 2345 citations. Previous affiliations of J Chalmers include University of Edinburgh.
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Evidence of Improving Prognosis in Heart Failure Trends in Case Fatality in 66 547 Patients Hospitalized Between 1986 and 1995
Kate MacIntyre,Simon Capewell,Simon Stewart,J Chalmers,James Boyd,Alan Finlayson,Adam Redpath,Jill P. Pell,John J.V. McMurray,John J.V. McMurray +9 more
TL;DR: Heart failure CF is much higher in the general population than in clinical trials, especially in the elderly, and survival has increased significantly over the last decade, although there is still much room for improvement.
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A national survey of the prevalence, incidence, primary care burden and treatment of atrial fibrillation in Scotland
Niamh F. Murphy,Colin R Simpson,Pardeep S. Jhund,Pardeep S. Jhund,Simon Stewart,Michelle Kirkpatrick,J Chalmers,Kate MacIntyre,John J.V. McMurray +8 more
TL;DR: Deprived individuals are less likely to have AF, a finding raising concerns about socioeconomic gradients in detection and prognosis, and recommended treatments for AF were underused in women and older people.
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Why is mortality higher in Scotland than in England and Wales? Decreasing influence of socioeconomic deprivation between 1981 and 2001 supports the existence of a 'Scottish Effect'.
Phil Hanlon,Richard Lawder,D Buchanan,Adam Redpath,David A. Walsh,Rachael Wood,Marion Bain,David H. Brewster,J Chalmers +8 more
TL;DR: Scotland's relative mortality disadvantage compared to the rest of Great Britain, after allowing for deprivation, is worsening and more research is required to understand what is causing this 'Scottish effect'.
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Trends in case-fatality in 117 718 patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction in Scotland.
Simon Capewell,B.M Livingston,Kate MacIntyre,J Chalmers,James Boyd,Alan Finlayson,Adam Redpath,Jill P. Pell,Christine Evans,Jjv McMurray +9 more
TL;DR: The increasing survival in patients admitted to hospital suggests that the trial-based efficacy of modern therapies is now translating into population-based effectiveness, however, an individual's life expectancy still halves after a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction.
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Record linked retrospective cohort study of 4.6 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease: myocardial infarction in South Asians
Colin Fischbacher,Colin Fischbacher,Raj Bhopal,C. Povey,Markus F C Steiner,J Chalmers,G. Mueller,J. Jamieson,D Knowles +8 more
TL;DR: The technique met ethical, professional and legal concerns about the linkage of census and health data and is transferable internationally wherever the census (or population register) contains ethnic group or race data.