Gender, age and deprivation differences in the primary care management of hypertension in Scotland: A cross-sectional database study

Family Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-31

  Pears, E ^a   Hannaford, Philip C ^a   Taylor, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Hypertension management; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COUMARIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037309206     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/20.1.22     Document Type: Article

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