McCormack, Terry and Cappuccio, Francesco P.. (2008) 10 steps before you refer for : hypertension. British Journal of Cardiology, Vol.15 (No.5). pp. 254-257. ISSN 0969-6113

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Abstract

The majority of patients with hypertension are treated in primary care and well controlled. Typically, a practice will achieve about 80% control as judged against the Quality Outcome Framework (QOF). The QOF only requires a practice to reach a target of 70%. A practice will need to control the blood pressure of about 18% of their patients and therefore about 3.5% of the practice population will not be controlled. Too many to refer to secondary care and therefore the practice needs a strategy to try and improve control in-house and to identify those in greatest need of referral.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Translational & Systems Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Journal or Publication Title:	British Journal of Cardiology
Publisher:	MediNews (Cardiology) Ltd.
ISSN:	0969-6113
Official Date:	September 2008
Volume:	Vol.15
Number:	No.5
Page Range:	pp. 254-257
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/46502

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