User Fees in General Practice: Willingness to Pay and Potential Substitution Patterns-Results from a Danish GP Patient Survey.

Background: Increases in public expenditures to general practitioner (GP) services and specialist care have spurred debate over whether to implement user fees for healthcare services such as GP consultations in Denmark.

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine Danish patients' attitudes towards user fees and their willingness to pay (WTP) for a consultation, and to investigate how user charges may impact patients' behaviour.

Methods: A questionnaire survey was conducted in a GP clinic.

Prevalence, awareness, and control of arterial hypertension in Denmark.

Hypertension is an important modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Risk is reduced by reduction of blood pressure (BP). The present survey estimated the prevalence of hypertension, awareness, treatment, and BP control in Denmark.