Health inequalities associated with neighbourhood deprivation in the quebec population with hypertension in primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 181-194

  Vanasse, A ^a,b   Courteau, J ^b   Asghari, S ^c   Leroux, D ^d   Cloutier, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c Health Sciences Centre St John's   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Frequent users of services; Health indicator; Hypertension; Material deprivation; Rural areas; Social deprivation; Urban areas

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUEBEC; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SPECIALIZATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84928998781     PISSN: 02288699     EISSN: 14818523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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