Medication adherence in older clinic patients with hypertension after Hurricane Katrina: Implications for clinical practice and disaster management

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 336, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 99-104

  Krousel Wood, Marie A ^a,b,c,f   Islam, Tareq ^f   Muntner, Paul ^d   Stanley, Erin ^a   Phillips, Ashli ^c,e   Webber, Larry S ^c   Frohlich, Edward D ^a   Re, Richard N ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

^f Sinai Hospital of Baltimore ^*

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Disasters; Hurricane; Hypertension; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISASTER PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISASTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL DISASTERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIEF WORK; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 52049115932     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318180f14f     Document Type: Article

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