Medicaid prescriber compliance with Joint National Committee VI hypertension treatment guidelines

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1505-1511

  Clause, Steven L ^a   Hamilton, Robert A ^a   Monsanto, Homero A ^a   Perreault, Marc M ^a  

^a ALBANY COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Joint National Committee

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORONARY VASODILATING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MONOTHERAPY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036786085     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1A451     Document Type: Article

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