Hypertensive patients' use of blood pressure monitors stationed in pharmacies and other locations: A cross-sectional mail survey

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Viera, Anthony J ^a   Cohen, Lauren W ^b   Mitchell, C Madeline ^b   Sloane, Philip D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; STROKE; UNITED STATES; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOME CARE; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OFFICE VISITS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHARMACIES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SPHYGMOMANOMETERS;

EID: 55849089977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-216     Document Type: Article

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