Organisational factors in relation to control of blood pressure: An observational study

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 521, 2005, Pages 931-937

  Inkster, Melanie ^a   Montgomery, Alan ^c   Donnan, Peter ^a   MacDonald, Tom ^b   Sullivan, Frank ^a   Fahey, Tom ^a  

^a Tayside Centre for General Practice   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity of care; Hypertension; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCOTLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28844481853     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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