A randomized controlled trial of team-based care: Impact of physician-pharmacist collaboration on uncontrolled hypertension

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1966-1972

  Hunt, Jacquelyn S ^a   Siemienczuk, Joseph ^b   Pape, Ginger ^a   Rozenfeld, Yelena ^a   MacKay, John ^c   LeBlanc, Benjamin H ^b   Touchette, Daniel ^d  

^a Providence Physician Division   (United States)

^b Providence Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Pharmacist; Primary care; Randomized controlled study

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMMUNITY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEAMWORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACISTS; PHYSICIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 57249094301     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-008-0791-x     Document Type: Article

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