Management of Hypertension in Primary Care Safety-Net Clinics in the United States: A Comparison of Community Health Centers and Private Physicians' Offices.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine adherence to guideline-concordant hypertension treatment practices at community health centers (CHCs) compared with private physicians' offices.

Data sources/study setting

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 2006 to 2010.

Study design

We examined four guideline-concordant treatment practices: initiation of a new medication for uncontrolled hypertension, use of fixed-dose combination drugs for patients on multiple antihypertensive medications, use of thiazide diuretics among patients with uncontrolled hypertension on ≥3 antihypertensive medications, and use of aldosterone antagonist for resistant hypertension, comparing use at CHC with private physicians' offices overall and by payer group.

Data collection/extraction methods

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SUBMITTER: Fontil V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5346492 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature