Lack of adherence to hypertension treatment guidelines among GPs in southern Sweden-A case report-based survey

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ekesbo, Rickard ^a,b,c   Midlöv, Patrik ^a,b   Gerward, Sofia ^a   Persson, Kristin ^a   Nerbrand, Christina ^b   Johansson, Lennart ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RandD Department of Primary Care   (Sweden)

^c Dalby Primary Health Care Centre   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adherence; Guidelines; Hypertension; Primary care; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SWEDEN;

EID: 84862196441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-13-34     Document Type: Review

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