RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Poor hypertension control: Let’s stop blaming the patients
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 793
OP 799
VO 69
IS 10
A1 Hyman, David J.
A1 Pavlik, Valory N.
YR 2002
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/69/10/793.abstract
AB Physician behavior—not patient noncompliance—is the major cause of poor hypertension control in the United States, many studies show. Hypertension control is unlikely to improve unless physicians become more aggressive in treating mildly elevated systolic blood pressure.