Prescription in patients with chronic heart failure and multimorbidity attended in primary care

Quality in Primary Care

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 211-219

  Friqola Capell, Eva ^a,b,c,d,i   Verdú Rotellar, Jose M ^e   Comin Colet, Josep ^f   Davins Miralles, Josep ^g   Hermosilla, Eduardo ^h   Wensing, Michel ^a   Suñol, Rosa ^a,b,c,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Instituto Universitario Avedis Donabedian   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d Red de Investigacion en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Cronicas REDISSEC   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT CATALÀ DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^g GENERALITAT DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^h Primary Care University Research Institute (IDIAP Jordi Gol)   (Spain)

ⁱ NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Health services; Heart failure; Prescription; Primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CARDIOVASCULAR AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84884548692     PISSN: 14791072     EISSN: 14791064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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