A primary care cardiovascular risk reduction clinic in Canada was more effective and no more expensive than usual on-demand primary care - A randomised controlled trial

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-40

  Mills, Michael ^a,b   Loney, Patricia ^b   Jamieson, Ellen ^b   Gafni, Amiram ^b,c,d   Browne, Gina ^a,b,c   Bell, Barbara ^a,b   Chalklin, Lori ^a   Kraemer, Jim ^a   Wallik, David ^a   Williams, Chris ^a   Duncan, Stephen ^a  

^a Caroline Medical Group   (Canada)

^b Social Service Utilisation   (Canada)

^c Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics ^*  (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Economic analysis; Primary care; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 73149110095     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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