Cardiovascular risk management in patients with coronary heart disease in primary care: variation across countries and practices : an observational study based on quality indicators

Primary care has an important role in cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) and a minimum size of scale of primary care practices may be needed for efficient delivery of CVRM . We examined CVRM in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) in primary care and explored the impact of practice size.

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Main Authors: Lieshout, Jan van (Author) , Ludt, Sabine (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 05 October 2012
In: BMC family practice
Year: 2012, Volume: 13
ISSN:1471-2296
DOI:10.1186/1471-2296-13-96
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Author Notes:Jan van Lieshout, Richard Grol, Stephen Campbell, Hector Falcoff, Eva Frigola Capell, Mathias Glehr, Margalit Goldfracht, Esko Kumpusalo, Beat Künzi, Sabine Ludt, Davorina Petek, Veerle Vanderstighelen and Michel Wensing
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Summary:Primary care has an important role in cardiovascular risk management (CVRM) and a minimum size of scale of primary care practices may be needed for efficient delivery of CVRM . We examined CVRM in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) in primary care and explored the impact of practice size.
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ISSN:1471-2296
DOI:10.1186/1471-2296-13-96