Compares outcomes of MOS patients with hypertension and non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus who were cared for in three different systems of care and by generalist and subspecialist physicians.
The influence of physicians' attributes and practice style on patients' adherence to treatment was examined in a 2-year longitudinal study of 186 physicians and their diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease patients
The authors examined the relationship between hypertension treatment, control, and functional status among 356 uncomplicated hypertensive patients receiving care in 16 teaching hospital group practices.
The cause of the difference was the additional contact with physicians under the free-care plan; this led to better detection and treatment of hypertensives not under care at the start of the study.
One of a series of reports presenting a methodology to help health planners develop objectives and actions by means of selected health status indicators that may be amenable to health care interventions.
Assists health planners, especially those in Health Systems Agencies (HSAs), in developing objectives and taking action toward ameliorating the problem of hypertension, or high blood pressure (HBP).
Describes the current development of a Potential-Stroke Screening Unit to detect persons with high risk of stroke before symptoms develop. Statistics indicate that about 3 out of 4 strokes are due to occlusive lesions usually of the carotid system, p...