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Dissemination and implementation of recommendations on hypertension: the Canadian experience

Author: Denis Drouin

Published in: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology | Special Issue 4/2010

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The Canadian Hypertension Education Program (CHEP) started an ambitious dissemination and implementation program (D&I) in 1999 [1]. Recent data show that control of hypertension in Canada has recently improved dramatically from 13% in 1992 [2] to 66% in 2008 [3‐5]. Improved hypertension control from survey data is supported by and consistent with the data of declining Canadian standardized yearly mortality and hospitalization rates for the complications of hypertension - stroke, heart failure and acute myocardial infarction [5, 6]. This achievement makes Canada a world leader in treatment and control of hypertension. …

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Title: Dissemination and implementation of recommendations on hypertension: the Canadian experience
Author: Denis Drouin
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology / Issue Special Issue 4/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1710-1492
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1710-1492-6-S4-A10

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