Burden of cardiovascular disease across 29 countries and GPs’ decision to treat hypertension in oldest-old

OBJECTIVES: We previously found large variations in general practitioner (GP) hypertension treatment probability in oldest-old (>80 years) between countries. We wanted to explore whether differences in country-specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden and life expectancy could explain the diff...

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Published in:Scand J Prim Health Care
Main Authors: Streit, Sven, Gussekloo, Jacobijn, Burman, Robert A., Collins, Claire, Kitanovska, Biljana Gerasimovska, Gintere, Sandra, Gómez Bravo, Raquel, Hoffmann, Kathryn, Iftode, Claudia, Johansen, Kasper L., Kerse, Ngaire, Koskela, Tuomas H., Peštić, Sanda Kreitmayer, Kurpas, Donata, Mallen, Christian D., Maisonneuve, Hubert, Merlo, Christoph, Mueller, Yolanda, Muth, Christiane, Ornelas, Rafael H., Šter, Marija Petek, Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando, Rosemann, Thomas, Sattler, Martin, Švadlenková, Zuzana, Tatsioni, Athina, Thulesius, Hans, Tkachenko, Victoria, Torzsa, Peter, Tsopra, Rosy, Tuz, Canan, Verschoor, Marjolein, Viegas, Rita P. A., Vinker, Shlomo, de Waal, Margot W. M., Zeller, Andreas, Rodondi, Nicolas, Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Taylor & Francis 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901445/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29366388
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02813432.2018.1426142
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