Consistency of care and blood pressure control among elderly African Americans and whites with hypertension

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 307-315

  Howard, Daniel L ^a   Carson, April P ^a   Holmes, DaJuanicia N ^a   Kaufman, Jay S ^b  

^a SHAW UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SELF REPORT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67049100558     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2009.03.080145     Document Type: Article

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