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Atherosclerosis in the Primary Health Care Setting: A Real-Word Data Study
Ascenção, R; Alarcão, J; Araújo, F; Costa, J; Fiorentino, F; Gil, V; Gouveia, M; Lourenço, F; Mello e Silva, A; Vaz Carneiro, A; Borges, MIntroduction and objectives: To characterize patients with atherosclerosis, a disease with a high socioeconomic impact, in the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Health Region. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was carried out through the Lisbon and Tagus Valley Regional Health Administration primary health care database, extracting data on the clinical and demographic characteristics and resource use of adul...
The burden of atherosclerosis in Portugal
Costa, J; Alarcão, J; Araujo, F; Ascenção, R; Caldeira, D; Fiorentino, F; Gil, V; Gouveia, M; Lourenço, F; Mello E Silva, A; Sampaio, F; Vaz-Carneiro, AAims: This paper sought to estimate the burden of disease attributable to atherosclerosis in mainland Portugal in 2016. Methods and results: The burden of atherosclerosis was measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALY) following the latest 2010 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) methodology. DALYs were estimated as the sum of years of life lost (YLL) with years lived with disability (YLD). The following clini...