Better by half: Hypertension in the elderly and the 'rule of halves': A primary care audit of the clinical computer record as a springboard to improving care

Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-128

  Hooker, R C ^a   Cowap, N ^a,b   Newson, R ^a   Freeman, G K ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Jubilee Street Practice ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family practice; Hypertension; Medical audit; Medical records systems, computerized; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0033033095     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/16.2.123     Document Type: Article

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