Hypertension control among patients followed by cardiologists

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 352-357

  Navar Boggan, Ann Marie ^a   Boggan, Joel C ^a   Stafford, Judith A ^a   Muhlbaier, Lawrence H ^a   McCarver, Catherine ^a   Peterson, Eric D ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Performance measures; Provider performance; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CARDIOLOGIST; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864592015     PISSN: 19417713     EISSN: 19417705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.111.963488     Document Type: Review

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