The Swedish Primary Care Cardiovascular Database (SPCCD): 74 751 hypertensive primary care patients

Blood Pressure

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-125

  Hasselström, Jan ^a,b   Zarrinkoub, Ramin ^a,b,c   Holmquist, Charlotte ^b   Hjerpe, Per ^d   Ljungman, Charlotta ^e   Qvarnström, Miriam ^f   Wettermark, Björn ^a,f   Manhem, Karin ^e   Kahan, Thomas ^b   Bengtsson Boström, Kristina ^d  

^a Center for Family and Community Medicine   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d R and D Centre Skaraborg Primary Care   (Sweden)

^e SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Comorbidity; Drug therapy; Hypertension; Primary healthcare; Registries

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84898951601     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037051.2013.814829     Document Type: Article

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