Secondary prevention in 24 431 patients with coronary heart disease: survey in primary care
- 16 June 2001
- Vol. 322 (7300) , 1463
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7300.1463
Abstract
Practices that had computerised records but had not recently undergone an audit of coronary heart disease were identified from the Pharbase national registry of general practices (IMS Health Strategic Technologies, Loughborough). A total of 653 general practitioners were invited to take part; 548 accepted. Twelve research nurses joined these practices for about four weeks between March 1997 and August 1998. Patients with established coronary disease were identified from practice records and the recording of risk factors and secondary preventive measures was noted.Keywords
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