Health care services provided during physician office visits for hypertension: Differences by specialty

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 89-95

  Fang, Jing ^a   Keenan, Nora L ^a   Ayala, Carma ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; EXERCISE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNIST; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NUTRITION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASPIRIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICINE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75949111099     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00219.x     Document Type: Article

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