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

Streit, Sven; Gussekloo, Jacobijn; Burman, Robert A.; Collins, Claire; Biljana Gerasimovska Kitanovska; Gintere, Sandra; Gómez Bravo, Raquel; Hoffmann, Kathryn; Iftode, Claudia; Johansen, Kasper L.; Kerse, Ngaire; Koskela, Tuomas H.; Peštić, Sanda Kreitmayer; Kurpas, Donata; Mallen, Christian D.; Maisonneuve, Hubert; Merlo, Christoph; Mueller, Yolanda; Muth, Christiane; Ornelas, Rafael H.

doi:10.1080/02813432.2018.1426142

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

Journal

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Date Issued

2018-01-02

Author(s)

Streit, Sven

Gussekloo, Jacobijn

Burman, Robert A.

Collins, Claire

Gintere, Sandra

Gómez Bravo, Raquel

Hoffmann, Kathryn

Iftode, Claudia

Johansen, Kasper L.

Kerse, Ngaire

Koskela, Tuomas H.

Peštić, Sanda Kreitmayer

Kurpas, Donata

Mallen, Christian D.

Maisonneuve, Hubert

Merlo, Christoph

Mueller, Yolanda

Muth, Christiane

Ornelas, Rafael H.

Šter, Marija Petek

Petrazzuoli, Ferdinando

Rosemann, Thomas

Sattler, Martin

Švadlenková, Zuzana

Tatsioni, Athina

Thulesius, Hans

Tkachenko, Victoria

Torzsa, Peter

Tsopra, Rosy

Tuz, Canan

Verschoor, Marjolein

Viegas, Rita P. A.

Vinker, Shlomo

de Waal, Margot W. M.

Zeller, Andreas

Rodondi, Nicolas

Poortvliet, Rosalinde K. E.

DOI

10.1080/02813432.2018.1426142

Abstract

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 differences.