Electronic Resource
Oxford, UK
:
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
13 (2001), S. 0
ISSN:
1745-7599
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
To assess the quality of hypertension (HTN) care in an urban nurse-managed center (NMC) by chart audits of insured and uninsured (N= 52) African Americans who were managed by nurse practitioners.〈section xml:id="abs1-2"〉〈title type="main"〉Data SourcesA chart audit form was developed by the authors that merged Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set (HEDIS) criteria with the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC VI) criteria.〈section xml:id="abs1-3"〉〈title type="main"〉ConclusionsThere was near comparable hypertension control among the two groups. No difference was found in systolic blood pressure (BP) control; however, the uninsured group had a slightly greater average diastolic BP compared with the insured group. There was no significant difference in the number of HTN medications or the number of risk factors. A significant difference was found in the number of NP visits per year between the two groups; the uninsured group averaged 3.2 more visits per year.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7599.2001.tb00223.x
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