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McCormack, Terry and Cappuccio, Francesco (2008) 10 steps before you refer for : hypertension. British Journal of Cardiology, Vol.15 (No.5). pp. 254-257.
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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 | ||||
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Cardiology | ||||
| Publisher: | MediNews (Cardiology) Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 0969-6113 | ||||
| Official Date: | September 2008 | ||||
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| 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 |
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