Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic

Characteristics associated with the dropout of hypertensive patients followed up in an outpatient referral clinic

OBJECTIVE: To determine the characteristics associated with the dropout of patients followed up in a Brazilian out patient clinic specializing in hypertension. METHODS: Planned prospective cohort study of patients who were prescribed an antihypertensive treatment after an extensive initial evaluatio...

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Main Authors: Renné Gusmão Busnello, Raquel Melchior, Carlo Faccin, Daniela Vettori, Juliano Petter, Leila Beltrami Moreira, Flávio Danni Fuchs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2001-05-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
systemic hypertension
dropout
treatment
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