Overdiagnosis of heart failure in primary care: A cross-sectional study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 649, 2016, Pages e587-e592

  Valk, Mark J ^a   Mosterd, Arend ^b   Broekhuizen, Berna D L ^a   Zuithoff, Nicolaas P A ^a   Landman, Marcel A J ^b   Hoes, Arno W ^a   Rutten, Frans H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Health professionals; Heart failure; Multiple deprivation; Primary care; Resilience; Rurality

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; MINERALOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST;

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE WITH PRESERVED EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; ISOLATED RIGHT SIDED HEART FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL OVERUSE; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 84980013142     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp16X685705     Document Type: Article

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