When tight blood pressure control is not for everyone: A new model for performance measurement in hypertension

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 164-172

  Steinman, Michael A ^a,b   Goldstein, Mary K ^c,d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREE; DRUG COMBINATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION;

EID: 77952301626     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(10)36028-4     Document Type: Article

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