A Comparison of Ambulatory Test Ordering for Hypertensive Patients in the United States and England

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 252, Issue 13, 1984, Pages 1723-1726

  Epstein, Arnold M ^a,c   Hartley, Robert M ^a   Charlton, John R ^d   Harris, Conrad M ^e   Jarman, Brian ^e   McNeil, Barbara J ^b  

^a Division of General Medicine   (United States)

^b Section of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84944656522     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1984.03350130037031     Document Type: Article

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