Hypertension among the uninsured: Tensions and challenges

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 305-313

  Schlomann, Pam ^a   Virgin, Sheila ^b,c   Schmitke, Joan ^a,c   Patros, Sheila ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Health care; Hypertension; Low income; Qualitative; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATIENT; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECORDING; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; APPALACHIAN REGION; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; TAPE RECORDING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958258947     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2011.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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