Reasons for not prescribing guideline-recommended medications to adults with heart failure

Medical Care

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 901-907

  Steinman, Michael A ^a,b   Dimaano, Liezel ^b   Peterson, Carolyn A ^a,b,c   Heidenreich, Paul A ^d   Knight, Sara J ^a,e   Fung, Kathy Z ^a,b   Kaboli, Peter J ^a,f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Iowa City VA Health Care System   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

drug prescribing; guideline adherence; heart failure; performance measurement

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIAC PATIENT; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VETERAN;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEART FAILURE, SYSTOLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VETERANS;

EID: 84884819963     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182a3e525     Document Type: Article

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