Racial Disparities in Blood Pressure Control and Treatment Differences in a Medicaid Population, North Carolina, 2005-2006

Racial Disparities in Blood Pressure Control and Treatment Differences in a Medicaid Population, North Carolina, 2005-2006

IntroductionRacial disparities in prevalence and control of high blood pressure are well-documented. We studied blood pressure control and interventions received during the course of a year in a sample of black and white Medicaid recipients with high blood pressure and examined patient, provider, an...

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Main Authors: Diane L. Downie, MPH, Dorothee Schmid, MA, Marcus G. Plescia, MD, MPH, Sara L. Huston, PhD, Susan Bostrom, RN, Angie Yow, RN, William W. Lawrence Jr., MD, C. Annette DuBard, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-05-01
Series:Preventing Chronic Disease
Subjects:
blood pressure control
race and blood pressure
blood pressure treatment
Medicaid
North Carolina
Online Access:http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2011/may/10_0070.htm

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