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When More Is Not Better

Author(s) -

Michele Heisler,

Mary M. Hogan,

Timothy P. Hofer,

Julie A. Schmittdiel,

Manel Pladevall,

Eve A. Kerr

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.724104

Subject(s) - medicine , veterans affairs , blood pressure , medical prescription , pharmacy , retrospective cohort study , medication adherence , emergency medicine , cohort , diastole , outpatient clinic , family medicine , pharmacology

Hypertension may be poorly controlled because patients do not take their medications (poor adherence) or because providers do not increase medication when appropriate (lack of medication intensification, or "clinical inertia"). We examined the prevalence of and relationship between patient adherence and provider treatment intensification.

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