Abstract
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.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Antihypertensive Agents / adverse effects
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Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
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Black or African American
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Blood Pressure / physiology
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Guideline Adherence*
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Health Services Accessibility
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Humans
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Hypertension / diagnosis*
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Hypertension / drug therapy*
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Hypertension / ethnology
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Patient Compliance
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Practice Patterns, Physicians'*
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Primary Health Care
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Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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Treatment Refusal