Are blood pressure levels taken during a secondary care diabetic clinic likely to be higher than when measured in primary care?

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 193-195

  Brooks, Caroline J ^a   Tang, Ting S ^a   Ford, David V ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^a   Price, David E ^b   Bain, Stephen C ^a,b   Stephens, Jeffrey W ^a,b  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Electronic data capture; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70349895031     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.06.001     Document Type: Article

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