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Recording blood pressure readings in elderly patients' charts: what patient and physician characteristics make it more likely?

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To identify patient and physician characteristics associated with family physicians recording blood pressure (BP) measurements in the medical charts of their elderly patients. DESIGN: Retrospective review of patients' charts during a 12-month period and baseline questionnaire on the sociodemographic and practice characteristics of family physicians participating in the Community Hypertension Assessment Trial. The chart review …

Authors

Broomfield J; Schieda N; Sullivan SM; Chambers LW; Kaczorowski J; Karwalajtys T

Journal

Canadian Family Physician, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 230–231

Publication Date

2 2008

ISSN

0008-350X