Call to action on use and reimbursement for home blood pressure monitoring: A joint scientific statement from the american heart association, american society of hypertension, and preventive cardiovascular nurses association

Hypertension

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-29

  Pickering, Thomas G ^a   Miller, Nancy Houston ^a   Ogedegbe, Gbenga ^a   Krakoff, Lawrence R ^a   Artinian, Nancy T ^a   Goff, David ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AHA Scientific Statements; Blood pressure; Hypertension; Patients

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICARE; OSCILLOMETRY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; VALIDITY; WHITE COAT HYPERTENSION; AGED; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; REIMBURSEMENT MECHANISMS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43949091587     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.107.189010     Document Type: Review

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