TY - JOUR AU - de Bekker-Grob, Esther W. AU - van Dulmen, Sandra AU - van den Berg, Matthijs AU - Verheij, Robert A. AU - Slobbe, Laurentius CJ PY - 2011 DA - 2011/07/06 TI - Primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases: a cost study in family practices JO - BMC Family Practice SP - 69 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - Considering the scarcity of health care resources and the high costs associated with cardiovascular diseases, we investigated the spending on cardiovascular primary preventive activities and the prescribing behaviour of primary preventive cardiovascular medication (PPCM) in Dutch family practices (FPs). SN - 1471-2296 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2296-12-69 DO - 10.1186/1471-2296-12-69 ID - de Bekker-Grob2011 ER -