The concept and definition of therapeutic inertia in hypertension in primary care: A qualitative systematic review

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Lebeau, Jean Pierre ^a   Cadwallader, Jean Sébastien ^a   Aubin Auger, Isabelle ^b   Mercier, Alain ^c   Pasquet, Thomas ^a   Rusch, Emmanuel ^a   Hendrickx, Kristin ^d   Vermeire, Etienne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Primary care; Quality of health care; Systematic review; Therapeutic inertia

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903419595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-130     Document Type: Review

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