Disparities in adherence to hypertensive care in urban ambulatory settings

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-143

  Ndumele, Chima D ^a,b   Shaykevich, Shimon ^a,b   Williams, Deborah ^a,b   Hicks, LeRoi S ^a,b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Chronic disease management; Disparities; Hypertension; Patient compliance; Race

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SODIUM RESTRICTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DIET, SODIUM-RESTRICTED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 77249164602     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0259     Document Type: Article

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