Doctors' estimation of cardiovascular risk and willingness to give drug treatment in hypertension: Fair risk assessment but defensive treatment policy

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-71

  Persson, Mats ^a,b   Carlberg, Bo ^a   Tavelin, Björn ^a   Lindholm, Lars H ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive drug treatment; Elderly; General practitioner; Guidelines; Hypertension; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MONITORING; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; STRATIFICATION; SWEDEN; TREATMENT INDICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1442299100     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200401000-00014     Document Type: Article

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