Uptake of the NHS health check programme in an urban setting

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-435

  Artac, Macide ^a   Dalton, Andrew R H ^b   Majeed, Azeem ^a   Car, Josip ^a   Huckvale, Kit ^a   Millett, Christopher ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Primary care; Primary prevention; Risk assessment; Screening

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE HEALTH CHECK PROGRAM; PRESCRIPTION; URBAN AREA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING.;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; MALE; MEDICATION THERAPY MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE MEDICINE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84878435454     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmt002     Document Type: Article

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