Identifying barriers to hypertension care: Implications for quality improvement initiatives

Disease Management

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-77

  Holland, Nan ^a   Segraves, Denise ^a   Nnadi, Victoria O ^a   Belletti, Daniel A ^b   Wogen, Jenifer ^c   Arcona, Steve ^b  

^a Winston Salem NC USA   (United States)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^c MedMentis Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NORTH CAROLINA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 42449149142     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2008.1120007     Document Type: Article

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