Hypertension guideline adherence among nursing home patients

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 499-503

  Drawz, Paul E ^a,b   Bocirnea, Cristina ^a,c   Greer, Katarina B ^a,b   Kim, Julian ^a,b   Rader, Florian ^a,c,d   Murray, Patrick ^a,c,e  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Ohio Heart and Vascular Center   (United States)

^e Center for Health Care Research and Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Hypertension; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS;

EID: 67649989307     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-009-0920-1     Document Type: Article

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