Clinical inertia in diagnosis and treatment of hypertension in primary care: Quantification and associated factors

Blood Pressure

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-10

  Gil Guillén, Vicente ^a,b   Orozco Beltrn, Domingo ^b   Pérez, Rafael Peset ^e   Alfonso, Jose Luis ^c,e   Redn, Josep ^c,e   Pertusa Martnez, Salvador ^b   Navarro, Jorge ^b,c   Cea Calvo, Luis ^d   Quirce Andrés, Fernando ^b   Merino Snchez, Jaime ^a   Carratal, Concepcin ^a   Martn Moreno, José Mara ^c,e  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b REDIAPP CV   (Spain)

^c Clinical University Hospital of Valencia   (Spain)

^d Internal Medicine Service   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical inertia; Hypertension; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL INERTIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; STROKE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SPAIN; STROKE; SYSTOLE;

EID: 77649138857     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08037050903350762     Document Type: Article

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