Regional variations in not treating diagnosed hypertension in Canada

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 409-413

  Mohan, Sailesh ^a,b   Chen, Guanmin ^b   Campbell, Norm R C ^a,b   Hemmelgarn, Brenda R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Hypertension; Regional variation; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRESCRIPTION; SMOKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CANADA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958459791     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(10)70434-7     Document Type: Article

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