Socio-economic status influences blood pressure control despite equal access to care

Family Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 503-510

  Paulsen, M S ^a   Andersen, M ^a,b   Munck, A P ^a   Larsen, P V ^a   Hansen, D G ^a   Jacobsen, I A ^c   Larsen, M L ^c   Christensen, B ^d   Sondergaard, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Access to care; Education; Hypertension; Primary care; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIAC PATIENT; COITUS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE REGISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT INFORMATION; RISK; SINGLE MAN; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84867113671     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmr130     Document Type: Article

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