Burden of cardiovascular disease across 29 countries and GPs' decision to treat hypertension in oldest-old

• Main Authors: Sven Streit (Author), Jacobijn Gussekloo (Author), Robert A. Burman (Author), Claire Collins (Author), Biljana Gerasimovska Kitanovska (Author), Sandra Gintere (Author), Raquel Gómez Bravo (Author), Kathryn Hoffmann (Author), Claudia Iftode (Author), Kasper L. Johansen (Author), Ngaire Kerse (Author), Tuomas H. Koskela (Author), Sanda Kreitmayer Peštić (Author), Donata Kurpas (Author), Christian D. Mallen (Author), Hubert Maisonneuve (Author), Christoph Merlo (Author), Yolanda Mueller (Author), Christiane Muth (Author), Rafael H. Ornelas (Author), Marija Petek Šter (Author), Ferdinando Petrazzuoli (Author), Thomas Rosemann (Author), Martin Sattler (Author), Zuzana Švadlenková (Author), Athina Tatsioni (Author), Hans Thulesius (Author), Victoria Tkachenko (Author), Peter Torzsa (Author), Rosy Tsopra (Author), Canan Tuz (Author), Marjolein Verschoor (Author), Rita P. A. Viegas (Author), Shlomo Vinker (Author), Margot W. M. de Waal (Author), Andreas Zeller (Author), Nicolas Rodondi (Author), Rosalinde K. E. Poortvliet (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: We previously found large variations in general practitioner (GP) hypertension treatment probability in oldest-old (>80 years) between countries. We wanted to explore whether differences in country-specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden and life expectancy could explain the diff...