Physician Characteristics as Predictors of Blood Pressure Control in Patients Enrolled in the Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP)

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-111

  Corsino, Leonor ^a   Yancy, William S ^a,b   Samsa, Gregory P ^c   Dolor, Rowena J ^a,b   Pollak, Kathryn I ^a   Lin, Pao Hwa ^a   Svetkey, Laura P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79251540599     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00385.x     Document Type: Article

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