Impact of ethnic-specific guidelines for anti-hypertensive prescribing in primary care in England: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In England, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) produces guidelines for the management of hypertension. In 2006, the NICE guidelines introduced an ethnic-age group algorithm based on the 2004 British Hypertension Society guidelines to guide antihypertensive drug prescription.

Methods

A longitudinal retrospective study with 15933 hypertensive patients aged 18 years or over and registered with 28 general practices in Wandsworth, London in 2007 was conducted to assess variations in antihypertensive prescribing. Logistic models were used to measure variations in the odds of being prescribed the 2006 NICE first line recommended monotherapy among NICE patient groups over the period.

Results

From 2000 to 2007, the percentage of patients pr

SUBMITTER: Barrera L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3943578 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature