Differences between private and public primary health care centers and differences between men and women in antihypertensive care and cardiovascular prevention in all patients with hypertension treated in primary care in Stockholm County, Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To study differences in cardiovascular prevention and hypertension management in primary care in men and women, with comparisons between public and privately operated primary health care (PHC).

Methods

We used register data from Region Stockholm on collected prescribed medication and registered diagnoses, to identify patients aged 30 years and above with hypertension. Age-adjusted logistic regression was used to calculate odds ratios (ORs) with 99% confidence intervals (99% CIs) using public PHC centers as referents.

Results

In total, 119,267 patients with a registered hypertension diagnosis at their primary care center were included; 58,239 men and 61,028 women. In terms of co-morbidities and medications, there were some differences between privately and publicl

SUBMITTER: Wandell P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11763146 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature