Physician and Patient Characteristics Associated With Clinical Inertia in Blood Pressure Control

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 820-824

  Harle, Christopher A ^a   Harman, Jeffrey S ^a   Yang, Shuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL INERTIA; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHNICITY; FAMILY MEDICINE; GENDER; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAID; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; OBESITY; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNDERWEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OUTPATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84886948875     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.12179     Document Type: Article

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