Søren Rasmussen

Summary

Affiliation: National Institute of Public Health
Country: Denmark

Publications

  1. ncbi Case-fatality rates for myocardial infarction declined in Denmark and Sweden during 1987-1999
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Clin Epidemiol 57:638-46. 2004
  2. ncbi Hierarchical modelling of small area and hospital variation in short-term prognosis after acute myocardial infarction. A longitudinal study of 35- to 74-year-old men in Denmark between 1978 and 1997
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Stat Med 23:2599-621. 2004
  3. ncbi Modelling of discrete spatial variation in epidemiology with SAS using GLIMMIX
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Comput Methods Programs Biomed 76:83-9. 2004
  4. ncbi Hospital variation in use of secondary preventive medicine after discharge for first acute myocardial infarction during 1995-2004
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Med Care 46:70-7. 2008
  5. ncbi Hospital variation in mortality after first acute myocardial infarction in Denmark from 1995 to 2002: lower short-term and 1-year mortality in high-volume and specialized hospitals
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, and The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Med Care 43:970-8. 2005
  6. ncbi Use of statins and beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction according to income and education
    Jeppe N Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK 1399 Copenhagen K, Denmark
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:1091-7. 2007
  7. ncbi Nationwide trends in the prescription of beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors after myocardial infarction in Denmark, 1995-2002
    Gunnar H Gislason
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand Cardiovasc J 39:42-9. 2005
  8. ncbi Different angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors have similar clinical efficacy after myocardial infarction
    Morten L Hansen
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Br J Clin Pharmacol 65:217-23. 2008
  9. ncbi Persistent socio-economic differences in revascularization after acute myocardial infarction despite a universal health care system-a Danish study
    Jeppe N Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1399, Copenhagen K, Denmark
    Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 21:449-57. 2007
  10. ncbi Cancer risk among patients with multiple sclerosis: a population-based register study
    Nete Munk Nielsen
    Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int J Cancer 118:979-84. 2006

Detail Information

Publications26

  1. ncbi Case-fatality rates for myocardial infarction declined in Denmark and Sweden during 1987-1999
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Clin Epidemiol 57:638-46. 2004
    ..To evaluate trends in prognosis after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between Denmark and Sweden using routinely collected data and different case-fatality measures...
  2. ncbi Hierarchical modelling of small area and hospital variation in short-term prognosis after acute myocardial infarction. A longitudinal study of 35- to 74-year-old men in Denmark between 1978 and 1997
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Stat Med 23:2599-621. 2004
    ..Heavy-tailed distributions (T-distributions) could be an alternative for the random effect distribution in data from administrative registries and compete in the model selection with the normal distribution in this study...
  3. ncbi Modelling of discrete spatial variation in epidemiology with SAS using GLIMMIX
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Comput Methods Programs Biomed 76:83-9. 2004
    ..The code gives epidemiologists and bio-statisticians an immediate tool for analysing discrete spatial models in a familiar statistical software package...
  4. ncbi Hospital variation in use of secondary preventive medicine after discharge for first acute myocardial infarction during 1995-2004
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Med Care 46:70-7. 2008
    ..To examine temporal trends in hospital use of secondary preventive medicine after discharge for first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Denmark...
  5. ncbi Hospital variation in mortality after first acute myocardial infarction in Denmark from 1995 to 2002: lower short-term and 1-year mortality in high-volume and specialized hospitals
    Søren Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, and The Heart Centre, Rigshospitalet, National University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Med Care 43:970-8. 2005
    ..This study used linked data from the National Hospital Registry to determine the factors that contribute to differences between hospitals in all-cause mortality after first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) between 1995 and 2002...
  6. ncbi Use of statins and beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction according to income and education
    Jeppe N Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK 1399 Copenhagen K, Denmark
    J Epidemiol Community Health 61:1091-7. 2007
    ..To study the initiation of and long-term refill persistency with statins and beta-blockers after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) according to income and education...
  7. ncbi Nationwide trends in the prescription of beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors after myocardial infarction in Denmark, 1995-2002
    Gunnar H Gislason
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand Cardiovasc J 39:42-9. 2005
    ..To study the use of beta-blockers and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Denmark from 1995 to 2002...
  8. ncbi Different angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors have similar clinical efficacy after myocardial infarction
    Morten L Hansen
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Br J Clin Pharmacol 65:217-23. 2008
    ..Therefore, for long-term benefits for patients who need treatment with an ACE inhibitor, a focus of treatment at the recommended dosage is most important and not which ACE inhibitor is used...
  9. ncbi Persistent socio-economic differences in revascularization after acute myocardial infarction despite a universal health care system-a Danish study
    Jeppe N Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, 1399, Copenhagen K, Denmark
    Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 21:449-57. 2007
    ..We investigated how this affected socioeconomic differences in their use...
  10. ncbi Cancer risk among patients with multiple sclerosis: a population-based register study
    Nete Munk Nielsen
    Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Int J Cancer 118:979-84. 2006
    ..In general MS patients are not at increased risk of cancer. Women with MS, however, seem to have a small excess risk of breast cancer, which cannot be attributed to reduced parity or delayed first child birth...
  11. ncbi Statin use after acute myocardial infarction: a nationwide study in Denmark
    Jeppe N Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Br J Clin Pharmacol 60:150-8. 2005
    ..To study outpatient statin use after first acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in Denmark between 1995 and 2002 and to determine the predictors of statin use...
  12. ncbi Mortality after acute myocardial infarction according to income and education
    Jeppe N Rasmussen
    National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK 1399 Copenhagen K, Denmark
    J Epidemiol Community Health 60:351-6. 2006
    ..To study how income and educational level influence mortality after acute myocardial infarction (AMI)...
  13. ncbi Mortality and reinfarction among patients using different beta-blockers for secondary prevention after a myocardial infarction
    Søren Skøtt Andersen
    Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Niels Andersens Vej 65, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Cardiology 112:144-50. 2009
    ..To study differences in the clinical efficacy of various brands of beta-blocker in secondary prevention after a myocardial infarction (MI)...
  14. ncbi Influence of distance from home to invasive centre on invasive treatment after acute coronary syndrome: a nationwide study of 24 910 patients
    Anders Hvelplund
    National Institute of Public Health, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, DK1399, Copenhagen K, Denmark
    Heart 97:27-32. 2011
    ..To investigate whether distance from a patient's home to the nearest invasive centre influenced the invasive treatment strategy in acute coronary syndrome (ACS)...
  15. ncbi Regional and social inequalities in chronic renal replacement therapy in Denmark
    Kristine Hommel
    Department of Nephrology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:2624-32. 2010
    ..The importance of diabetic nephropathy and patients aged 70 years or older was also studied...
  16. ncbi The validity of the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction in routine statistics: a comparison of mortality and hospital discharge data with the Danish MONICA registry
    Mette Madsen
    National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Clin Epidemiol 56:124-30. 2003
    ..The combination of the national registries was found to be a valid and powerful tool for monitoring the population incidence of MI...
  17. ncbi Changes in hospitalization rate and mortality after acute myocardial infarction in Denmark after diagnostic criteria and methods changed
    Steen Z Abildstrom
    National Institute of Public Health, Svanemøllevej 25, DK 2100 Copenhagen O, Denmark
    Eur Heart J 26:990-5. 2005
    ..To analyse the effect of the change in diagnostic criteria for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and the use of troponin as a diagnostic marker on the hospitalization rate and mortality of hospitalized AMI patients from 1994 to 2001...
  18. ncbi Women with acute coronary syndrome are less invasively examined and subsequently less treated than men
    Anders Hvelplund
    National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Øster Farimagsgade 5A, DK 1399 Copenhagen, Denmark
    Eur Heart J 31:684-90. 2010
    ..To investigate if gender bias is present in today's setting of an early invasive strategy for patients with acute coronary syndrome in Denmark (population 5 million)...
  19. ncbi Influence of smoking and alcohol consumption on admissions and duration of hospitalization
    Ulla A Hvidtfeldt
    National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen K, Denmark
    Eur J Public Health 20:376-82. 2010
    ..Our objective was to assess the association between alcohol consumption, smoking and patterns of hospitalization, defined as admission and duration of hospitalization...
  20. ncbi Location of cardiac arrest in a city center: strategic placement of automated external defibrillators in public locations
    Fredrik Folke
    Research Fellow, Department of Cardiology, Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark, Niels Andersens Vej 65, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark
    Circulation 120:510-7. 2009
    ..The potential benefit and economic consequences of focused or unfocused AED deployment are unknown...
  21. ncbi Health behaviour among adolescents in Denmark: influence of school class and individual risk factors
    Anette Johansen
    National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Scand J Public Health 34:32-40. 2006
    ..The aim of this study was to assess the relative influence of school class on health behaviour among adolescents versus that of the family's socioeconomic status and individual factors among adolescents...
  22. ncbi Familial clustering of Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple sclerosis
    Henrik Hjalgrim
    Department of Epidemiology Research, Danish Epidemiology Science Centre, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
    J Natl Cancer Inst 96:780-4. 2004
    ..We therefore assessed the risk of developing Hodgkin lymphoma for patients with multiple sclerosis and for their families and the risk of developing multiple sclerosis for patients with Hodgkin lymphoma and for their families...
  23. ncbi Prognostic information in administrative co-morbidity data following coronary artery bypass grafting
    Steen Zabell Abildstrøm
    National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 38:573-6. 2010
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  24. ncbi Hospital-based comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation versus usual care among patients with congestive heart failure, ischemic heart disease, or high risk of ischemic heart disease: 12-month results of a randomized clinical trial
    Ann Dorthe Olsen Zwisler
    Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Cardiology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Am Heart J 155:1106-13. 2008
    ..We investigated the 12-month effect of hospital-based CCR versus usual care (UC) for a broadly defined group of cardiac patients within the modern therapeutic era of cardiology...
  25. ncbi The Danish Registry on Regular Dialysis and Transplantation: completeness and validity of incident patient registration
    Kristine Hommel
    Department of Nephrology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Nephrol Dial Transplant 25:947-51. 2010
    ..It is therefore of major importance that the registry is valid and complete. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the registration of incident patients on chronic renal replacement therapy (RRT)...
  26. ncbi Alcoholism and alcohol drinking habits predicted from alcohol dehydrogenase genes
    Janne Schurmann Tolstrup
    Center for Alcohol Research, National Institute of Public Health, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Pharmacogenomics J 8:220-7. 2008
    ..1/1 genotype was 67 and 62% among the white population compared with 9 and 24% among the East Asian population...