Association of Repeated Measurements With Blood Pressure Control in Primary Care

Douglas Einstadter; Shari D Bolen; James E Misak; David S Bar-Shain; Randall D Cebul

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0315

Association of Repeated Measurements With Blood Pressure Control in Primary Care

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Jun 1;178(6):858-860. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.0315.

Authors

Douglas Einstadter^{1

2

3

4}, Shari D Bolen^{1

2

3}, James E Misak^{5

6}, David S Bar-Shain^{1

7}, Randall D Cebul^{1

2

3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Center for Health Care Research and Policy, Case Western Reserve University at MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
² Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
³ Better Health Partnership, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁴ Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁶ Population Health Institute, MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Abstract

This observational cohort study evaluated the effect of a second blood pressure (BP) measurement on the rate of BP control among more than 38 000 patients with diagnosed hypertension and who were followed in primary care.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Blood Pressure Determination*
Female
Humans
Hypertension / diagnosis*
Male
Middle Aged
Primary Health Care / standards*
Primary Health Care / statistics & numerical data

Abstract

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MeSH terms

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