Prevalence of adequate blood pressure control in self-pay or medicare patients versus medicaid or private insurance patients with systemic hypertension followed in a university cardiology or general medicine clinic

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 815-816

  Gandelman, Glenn ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^a,b   Varma, Raja ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOLOGY; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544327824     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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