Use of antihypertensive medications and diagnostic tests among privately insured adolescents and young adults with primary versus secondary hypertension

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 73-78

  Yoon, Esther Y ^a   Cohn, Lisa ^a   Freed, Gary ^a   Rocchini, Albert ^a   Kershaw, David ^b   Ascione, Frank ^b   Clark, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Blood pressure medication; Diagnostic test use; Primary hypertension; Secondary hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CLONIDINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GUANFACINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBESITY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HYPERTENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; RENAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; INSURANCE; ONSET AGE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903164085     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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