Depression and clinical inertia in patients with uncontrolled hypertension

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 818-819

  Moise, Nathalie ^a   Davidson, Karina W ^a   Chaplin, William ^a,b   Shea, Steven ^a,c   Kronish, Ian ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL INERTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84899793895     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.115     Document Type: Letter

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