Inadequate management of blood pressure in a hypertensive population

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 339, Issue 27, 1998, Pages 1957-1963

  Berlowitz, Dan R ^a,b   Ash, Arlene S ^b   Hickey, Elaine C ^a   Friedman, Robert H ^b   Glickman, Mark ^c   Kader, Boris ^a   Moskowitz, Mark A ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMORBIDITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OFFICE VISITS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032585514     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199812313392701     Document Type: Article

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