Prescribing patterns for thiazide diuretics in a large health maintenance organization: Relationship to participation as an ALLHAT clinical center

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 397-403

  Petitti, Diana B ^a   Xie, Fagen ^a   Barzilay, Joshua I ^a  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALLHAT; Antihypertensive agent; Diuretics; Prescription

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRESCRIPTION; UNITED STATES;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746895187     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2006.04.010     Document Type: Article

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