A telecommunications system for monitoring and counseling patients with hypertension impact on medication adherence and blood pressure control

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 9, Issue 4 I, 1996, Pages 285-292

  Friedman, Robert H ^a,e   Kazis, Lewis E ^b   Jette, Alan ^c,d   Smith, Mary Beth ^a   Stollerman, John ^a   Torgerson, Jeanne ^a   Carey, Kathleen ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Arts Institute of New England   (United States)

^d NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Computers; Hypertension; Monitoring; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEMEDICINE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0029871819     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-7061(95)00353-3     Document Type: Article

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