Open AccessAre hypertensive elderly patients treated differently?
Author(s) -
Amy DG Huebschmann,
Caroline Bublitz,
Robert J. Anderson
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/ciia.2006.1.3.289
Subject(s) - medicine , medical prescription , ambulatory , specialty , population , ambulatory care , demographics , emergency medicine , pediatrics , health care , family medicine , demography , environmental health , sociology , economics , pharmacology , economic growth
1. To determine if there are differences in the classes of antihypertensive agents prescribed for the elderly population as compared with younger patients. 2. To compare patterns of antihypertensive therapy with established national guidelines.
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