The NHS Health Check programme: Implementation in east London 2009-2011

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Robson, John ^a   Dostal, Isabel ^a   Madurasinghe, Vichithranie ^a   Sheikh, Aziz ^b   Hull, Sally ^a   Boomla, Kambiz ^a   Page, Helen ^c   Griffiths, Chris ^a   Eldridge, Sandra ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c London Borough of Newham   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNIC GROUP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OPEN STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH ASIAN; UNITED KINGDOM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERTENSION; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, CHRONIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 84929179356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007578     Document Type: Article

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