Audit of hypertension in general practice

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-482

  Chan, Sook Ching ^a   Chandramani, T ^b   Chen, T Y ^a   Chong, K N ^a   Harbaksh, S ^a   Lee, T W ^a   Lim, H G ^a   Sheikh, A ^c   Tan, C W ^d   Teoh, L C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b Klinik Nisha   (Malaysia)

^c Kelinik Kota Baru ^*  (Malaysia)

^d People's Dispensary   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Audit; General practice; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REGISTER; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALAYSIA; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALAYSIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33646680294     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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