Blood Pressure Control Among Black and White Adults Following a Quality Improvement Program in a Large Integrated Health System.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

A higher percentage of non-Hispanic Black (hereinafter, Black) adults vs non-Hispanic White (hereinafter, White) adults with hypertension have uncontrolled blood pressure (BP) contributing to racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease. In 2010, Kaiser Permanente Southern California began implementing quality improvement (QI) strategies aimed at reducing this disparity.

Objective

To examine the change in BP control between Black and White patients before and after the implementation of a QI program.

Design, setting, and participants

A QI quasi-experimental, difference-in-difference analysis was conducted of Kaiser Permanente Southern California patients 18 years or older included in the population care management hypertension registry. The study

SUBMITTER: Harrison TN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9856959 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature