Physician factors associated with the blood pressure control among hypertensive patients

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 487-494

  Kim, So Young ^a   Cho, In Sook ^b   Lee, Jae Ho ^c   Kim, Ji Hyun ^d   Lee, Eun Jung ^a   Park, Jong Hyock ^e   Lee, Jin Seok ^a   Kim, Yoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Center for Interoperable HER   (South Korea)

^e National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Hypertension control rate; Physician awareness

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KOREA; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS;

EID: 38549112972     PISSN: 19758375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3961/jpmph.2007.40.6.487     Document Type: Article

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