Population impact of a high cardiovascular risk management program delivered by village doctors in rural China: Design and rationale of a large, cluster-randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Yan, Lijing L ^a,b   Fang, Weigang ^c   Delong, Elizabeth ^d   Neal, Bruce ^e   Peterson, Eric D ^f   Huang, Yining ^g   Sun, Ningling ^h   Yao, Chen ⁱ   Li, Xian ^a   Macmahon, Stephen ^e,j   Wu, Yangfeng ^a,i  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^h PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

ⁱ PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; China; Cluster randomized trial; Prevention; Primary care; Rural health; Village doctor

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84899490851     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-345     Document Type: Article

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