Journal article
Process versus outcome in hypertension: a positive result.
Abstract
We studied the association between the outcome of antihypertensive care and three items of that care among 230 hypertensive steelworkers who were referred to 83 physicians. The first item was the decision to treat some patients but not others: 63% of the patients were prescribed antihypertensive drugs and the mean decrease in their diastolic blood pressure (DBP) was greater than that among untreated patients (12.2 +/- 0.84 vs 7.8 +/- 0.83 mm Hg …
Authors
Haynes RB; Gibson ES; Taylor DW; Bernholz CD; Sackett DL
Journal
Circulation, Vol. 65, No. 1, pp. 28–33
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
January 1982
DOI
10.1161/01.cir.65.1.28
ISSN
0009-7322