Use of strategies to improve antihypertensive medication adherence within United States outpatient health care practices, DocStyles 2015-2016

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 225-232

  Chang, Tiffany E ^a,b   Ritchey, Matthew D ^a   Ayala, Carma ^a   Durthaler, Jeffrey M ^a   Loustalot, Fleetwood ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b Ihrc Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; antihypertensive therapy; clinical management of high blood pressure; hypertension general

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HYPERTENSION; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85041582194     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jch.13188     Document Type: Article

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