Effectiveness and Costs of Veterans Affairs Hypertension Clinics

The effectiveness and costs of care for hypertension are examined in a stratified random sample of 3,087 patients from a network of 32 Veterans Affairs Hypertension Screening and Treatment Clinics (HSTP). During 2.5 years of follow-up, 66% and 88% of patients, respectively, had mean diastolic blood...

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Published in:	Medical care Vol. 32; no. 12; pp. 1197 - 1215
Main Authors:	Stason, William B., Shepard, Donald S., Perry, H. Mitchell, Carmen, Barbara M., Nagurney, John T., Rosner, Bernard, Meyer, Grace
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States J. B. Lippincott Co 01-12-1994 Lippincott-Raven Publishers
Subjects:	Adult Aged Ambulatory care Ambulatory Care - economics Antihypertensives Blood pressure Cost efficiency Cost estimates Cost-Benefit Analysis Health care costs Health outcomes Hospitals, Veterans Humans Hypertension Hypertension - economics Hypertension - therapy Male Medications Middle Aged Outcome Assessment (Health Care) - economics Outpatient Clinics, Hospital - economics Patient Compliance Preventive Medicine - economics Preventive Medicine - organization & administration Program Evaluation Unit costs United States United States Department of Veterans Affairs United States
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