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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 > 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 |
| 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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