How do minor changes in the definition of blood pressure control affect the reported success of hypertension treatment?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-224

  Green, Beverly B ^a   Kaplan, Robert C ^b   Psaty, Bruce M ^c  

^a CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICARE; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037347561     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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