Team-based hypertension management to improve blood pressure control

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 272-275

  Kravetz, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Walsh, Robert F ^a  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease management; Medications; Prevention; Primary care; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84991720086     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131916645580     Document Type: Article

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