Getting insurance after genetic screening on familial hypercholesterolaemia; the need to educate both insurers and the public to increase adherence to national guidelines in the Netherlands

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 145-147

  Marang van de Mheen, P J ^a   van Maarle, M C ^a   Stouthard, M E A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH POLICY; INSURANCE SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; INSURANCE, HEALTH; INSURANCE, LIFE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0036154087     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.56.2.145     Document Type: Article

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