Development of explicit criteria to measure adherence to hypertension guidelines

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 426-433

  Milchak, J L ^a   Carter, Barrry L ^a,b   Ardery, G ^a   Black, H R ^c   Bakris, G L ^c   Jones, D W ^d   Kreiter, C D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Explicit criteria; Guideline adherence; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEAMWORK; VALIDATION STUDY;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33646850751     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jhh.1002005     Document Type: Article

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