A taxonomy of reasons for not prescribing guideline-recommended medications for patients with heart failure

American Journal Geriatric Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 583-594

  Steinman, Michael A ^a,b   Patil, Sneha ^a   Kamat, Priya ^a,c   Peterson, Carolyn ^a   Knight, Sara J ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adrenergic antagonists; aged; angiotensin converting; decision making; enzyme inhibitors; guideline adherence; heart failure; physician's practice patterns

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952140101     PISSN: 15435946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1543-5946(10)80007-8     Document Type: Article

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