Physician adherence to blood pressure guidelines and its effect on seniors

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 843-851

  Milchak, Jessica L ^a   Carter, Barry L ^b,c   Ardery, Gail ^b   Dawson, Jeffrey D ^b   Harmston, Matt ^b   Franciscus, Carrie L ^d  

^a Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Explicit criteria; Guideline adherence; Hypertension; Quality of care; Seniors

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; CREATININE; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; LIPID; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POTASSIUM BLOOD LEVEL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 45749136408     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.28.7.843     Document Type: Article

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