Variations in cardiovascular disease under-diagnosis in England: national cross-sectional spatial analysis
Open Access
- 17 March 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders
- Vol. 11 (1) , 12
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-11-12
Abstract
There is under-diagnosis of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the English population, despite financial incentives to encourage general practices to register new cases. We compared the modelled (expected) and diagnosed (observed) prevalence of three cardiovascular conditions- coronary heart disease (CHD), hypertension and stroke- at local level, their geographical variation, and population and healthcare predictors which might influence diagnosis.Keywords
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