Hypertension treatment and control within an independent nurse practitioner setting

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 58-65

  Wright, Wendy L ^a   Romboli, Joan E ^b   DiTulio, Margaret A ^c   Wogen, Jenifer ^d   Belletti, Daniel A ^e  

^a Wright and Associates Family Healthcare   (United States)

^b Landmark Family Healthcare   (United States)

^c Rockingham Family Healthcare   (United States)

^d MedMentis Consulting LLC   (United States)

^e NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SMOKING HABIT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79951845499     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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