Rev Epidemiol Sante
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Rev Epidemiol Sante · Jan 1987
[Relation between the level of the development of the care system and the level of "preventable" mortality according to department in France].
"Avoidable" mortality may be defined as a selection of causes of death whose occurrence is closely related to medical intervention. We have attempted to relate the variations in mortality from these selected causes to health service input among the 95 French departments. This analysis was controlled for social factors. ⋯ The data show principally the considerable weight of social factors in explaining mortality differences. On the contrary, we found very weak relationships between health service input and mortality. However in view of the analysis method, it would appear unjustified to interpret this result in terms of a criticism of the "avoidable" mortality concept.