Retirement and perceived social inferiority strongly link with health inequalities in older age: decomposition of a concentration index of poor health based on Polish cross-sectional data.

Background: Identifying mechanisms that generate and sustain health inequalities is a prerequisite for developing effective policy response, but little is known about factors contributing to health inequalities in older populations in post-transitional European countries such as Poland. Demographic aging of all populations requires new and deeper insights.

Methods: Data came from the Polish edition of the cross-sectional European Social Survey, Wave 6 (2012).

Comparative analysis of selected scales to assess prognosis in acute pancreatitis.

Objective: To evaluate the utility of selected scales to prognosticate the severity and risk for death among patients with acute pancreatitis (AP) according to the revised Atlanta classification published in 2012.

Methods: Prospective data regarding patients hospitalized due to AP were analyzed. The final analysis included a total of 1014 patients.