Title: | Burden of cardiovascular disease across 29 countries and GPs’ decision to treat hypertension in oldest-old |
Authors: | Streit, Sven Gussekloo, Jacobijn Burman, Robert A. Collins, Claire Biljana Gerasimovska Kitanovska 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. |
Issue Date: | 2-Jan-2018 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Frnacis Online |
Journal: | Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care |
Abstract: | 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 differences. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/15128 |
DOI: | 10.1080/02813432.2018.1426142 |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Medicine: Journal Articles
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