Ethnic disparities in blood pressure management in patients with hypertension after the introduction of pay for performance

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 490-496

  Millett, Christopher ^a,b   Gray, Jeremy ^b   Bottle, Alex ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Wandsworth Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular diseases; Comorbidities; Disease management; Ethnicity; Hypertension; Pay for performance; Practice based research; Primary care

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 56649098972     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.907     Document Type: Article

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