Prevalence of the use of antihypertensive medications in Greenland: a study of quality of care amongst patients treated with antihypertensive drugs.

The primary objective was to estimate the prevalence of patients diagnosed with hypertension using the proxy marker of antihypertensive drug therapy in Greenland and to compare the prevalences within the 5 health regions in Greenland. The second objective was to review 2 quality indicators in antihy...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Main Authors: Bundgaard, Maria, Jarbøl, Dorte Ejg, Paulsen, Maja Skov, Jacobsen, Jytte Lindskov, Pedersen, Michael Lynge
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Atypon 2012
Subjects:
Arctic
Greenland
Inuit
hypertension
primary health care
quality
Circumpolar Health
inuit
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v71i0.18834
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22957317
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3417658/
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Summary:The primary objective was to estimate the prevalence of patients diagnosed with hypertension using the proxy marker of antihypertensive drug therapy in Greenland and to compare the prevalences within the 5 health regions in Greenland. The second objective was to review 2 quality indicators in antihypertensive care.

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