Reasons for not intensifying medications: Differentiating "clinical inertia" from appropriate care

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1648-1655

  Safford, Monika M ^a,b   Shewchuk, Richard ^a   Qu, Haiyan ^a   Williams, Jessica H ^a   Estrada, Carlos A ^a,b   Ovalle, Fernando ^a   Allison, Jeroan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical inertia; Conceptual model; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 36348981558     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-007-0433-8     Document Type: Article

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