Poor hypertension control: let's stop blaming the patients

Physician behavior--not patient noncompliance--is the major cause of poor hypertension control in the United States, many studies show. Hypertension control is unlikely to improve unless physicians become more aggressive in treating mildly elevated systolic blood pressure.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Cleveland Clinic journal of medicine 2002-10, Vol.69 (10), p.793-799
Hauptverfasser:	Hyman, David J, Pavlik, Valory N
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	African Americans Antihypertensive Agents - adverse effects Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Blood Pressure - physiology Guideline Adherence Health Services Accessibility Humans Hypertension - diagnosis Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - ethnology Patient Compliance Practice Patterns, Physicians Primary Health Care Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic Treatment Refusal
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Zusammenfassung:	Physician behavior--not patient noncompliance--is the major cause of poor hypertension control in the United States, many studies show. Hypertension control is unlikely to improve unless physicians become more aggressive in treating mildly elevated systolic blood pressure.
ISSN:	0891-1150 1939-2869
DOI:	10.3949/ccjm.69.10.793