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

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Streit, Sven | Gussekloo, Jacobijn | Burman, Robert | Collins, Claire | Kitanovska, Biljana Gerasimovska | Gintere, Sandra | Gómez Bravo, Raquel | Hoffmann, Kathryn | Iftode, Claudia | Johansen, Kasper | Kerse, Ngaire | Koskela, Tuomas | Peštić, Sanda Kreitmayer | Kurpas, Donata | Mallen, Christian | Maisonneuve, Hubert | Merlo, Christoph | Mueller, Yolanda | Muth, Christiane | Ornelas, Rafael | 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 | Vinker, Shlomo | de Waal, Margot | Zeller, Andreas | Rodondi, Nicolas | Poortvliet, Rosalinde

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International audience. 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.

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