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Health after the pandemic: investigating risk factors for poorly controlled arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes among elderly patients in primary care in Slovenia

Matic Mihevc
1, 2
,
Tina Virtič Potočnik
1, 3
,
Črt Zavrnik
1, 2
,
Marija Petek Šter
2
,
Zalika Klemenc-Ketiš
1, 3
,
Antonija Poplas Susič
1, 2

1.
Primary Healthcare Research and Development Institute, Health Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2.
Department of Family Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
3.
Department of Family Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(1): 67–73
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/fmpcr.2024.134705
Online publish date: 2024/03/15
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