Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 244-254 , September 2010

Level of blood pressure above goal and clinical inertia in a Medicaid population

  • Anthony J. Viera, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Anthony J. Viera, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 590 Manning Drive, CB 7595, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Tel: 919–966–0758.
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  • Dorothee Schmid, MA

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • Susan Bostrom, RN

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • Angie Yow, RN

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • William Lawrence, MD

      Affiliations

    • North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • Duke Primary Care, Duke University Health Systems, Durham, North Carolina, USA
    • ,
  • C. Annette DuBard, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
    • North Carolina Division of Medical Assistance, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
    • Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Received 24 May 2010 ,Accepted 22 July 2010.

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 Funding/support: Dr. Viera’s time to develop this article was supported by a career development award from the National Institutes of Health (KL2RR025746).

 Conflict of interest: none.

PII: S1933-1711(10)00160-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jash.2010.07.003

Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Volume 4, Issue 5 , Pages 244-254 , September 2010

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