Physician, Organizational, and Patient Factors Associated with Suboptimal Blood Pressure Management in Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Primary Care

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-128

  Schaars, Carel F ^a   Denig, Petra ^a   Kasje, Willeke N ^a   Stewart, Roy E ^a   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^b   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN 2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING HABIT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1042268739     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.1.123     Document Type: Article

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