Improving blood pressure control in a large multiethnic California population through changes in health care delivery, 2004-2012

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Shaw, Kate M ^a   Handler, Joel ^b   Wall, Hilary K ^a   Kanter, Michael H ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ASIAN AMERICAN; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921652302     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.140173     Document Type: Article

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