Effectiveness of a national cardiovascular disease risk assessment program (NHS Health Check): Results after one year

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-134

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

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Family practice; Primary prevention; Risk assessment; Screening

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BMI; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CI; CKD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY HEART DISEASE; CVD; FAMILY PRACTICE; JBS2; JOINT BRITISH SOCIETIES 2; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NHS; PCT; PRIMARY CARE TRUST; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84880325891     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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