Blood pressure recording bias during a period when the Quality and Outcomes Framework was introduced

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 764-770

  Carey, I M ^a   Nightingale, C M ^a   DeWilde, S ^a   Harris, T ^a   Whincup, P H ^a   Cook, D G ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70350335551     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2009.18     Document Type: Article

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