Is the Influence Social Classes in Rehabilitation of Cardiac Patients Inevitable?

My answer to the question is: Yes, the influences of social classes are inevitable [1]. The following results will support this hypothesis. It is difficult to compare the influence of social classes on rehabilitation of cardiac patients in completely different societies. But it seems possible, although difficult, to compare the influence of social classes on cardiac rehabilitation between different western countries. The medical system in Germany is different from that of the United States and other western countries. Approximately 90% of the German population are insured by government policy. The medical insurance system is subdivided into blue-collar workers and white-collar workers. Ten percent of the population are insured privately, mainly professionals like laywers, architects, docters, teachers. Thus German society is clearly subdivided into blue-collar workers, white-collar workers and privately insured. This allows us to study the influence of social classes on rehabilitation after myocardial infarction. Therefore I will present predominantly German data.