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10480478

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-19
pubmed:abstractText
Recent data from the third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-IIIB) suggest that detection and treatment of hypertension is improving, but only 27.4% of American hypertensives achieved controlled blood pressure ([BP] < 140 and < 90 mm Hg). Our objective was to assess the degree of BP control in a group of steelworkers and their families whose health care is financed by a large corporation. A random sample of 792 adults (age > 18 years, average 55 +/- 1 years, 50.4% male) was selected from a roster of patients who were known (from claims data) to have visited a physician in 1995 to 1996. Office charts were reviewed by trained nurses, who abstracted dates of 4095 visits, 3352 BP readings, and 3331 prescribed medications. Filled prescriptions were identified from 54,689 claims submitted for pharmacy services. Hypertension, defined (per NHANES) as more than one BP reading of 140/90 or higher, or taking antihypertensive medication, was found in 437 (55%). At least one antihypertensive medication was prescribed for 386 (88%) of the hypertensives; only 10 failed to have any prescription for antihypertensive medications filled. Controlled hypertension, as defined by Healthcare Employer Data Information Sheet (HEDIS) 3.0 (average BP < 140 and < 90 mm Hg in the office during a year-long period of observation), was observed in 189 patients (43% of total sample, or 50% of the 382 with at least one recorded BP measurement). These data suggest that in this population, insured by a jointly run employer-union health benefits plan, Healthy People 2000's BP goal-at least 50% of hypertensives having BP under control by the turn of the century-may be achieved ahead of schedule.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0895-7061
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
830-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection, treatment, and control of adult hypertension in northwest Indiana. Ispat Inland/United Steelworkers of America Health Care Network.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article