Clinicians' and Patients' Perspectives on Hypertension Care in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Population in Primary Care.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hypertension control remains suboptimal, particularly for Black and Hispanic or Latino patients. A need exists to improve hypertension management and design effective strategies to efficiently improve the quality of care in primary care, especially for these at-risk populations. Few studies have specifically explored perspectives on blood pressure management by primary care providers (PCPs) and patients.

Objective

To examine clinician and patient perspectives on barriers and facilitators to hypertension control within a racially and ethnically diverse health care system.

Design, setting, and participants

This qualitative study was conducted in a large urban US health care system from October 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021, among patients with a diagnosis of hyp

SUBMITTER: Lauffenburger JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9975920 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature