TY  - JOUR
T1  - IMproving hypertension detection and referral in an ambulatory setting
AU  - Gillum RF, Solomon HS, Kranz P, Boepple P, Creighton M
Y1  - 1978/05/01
N1  - 10.1001/archinte.1978.03630290020011
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 700
EP  - 703
VL  - 138
IS  - 5
N2  - A paraprofessional aide working in an urban hospital's ambulatory clinics encouraged nurses to take and record blood pressures; he then contacted patients with elevated pressures who were not referred by clinic staff or who did not return for follow-up of their own accord. Blood pressure recording by clinic staff increased during the intervention from 54% to 68% of patients seen. Appointment keeping increased with intervention from 13% to 73% of those eligible for referral. The yield of hypertensive patients initiating management increased from a control level of 7% to 22% of total patients eligible for referral. Thus, a health aide can be effective in improving detection and referral of hypertensive patients at low cost.(Arch Intern Med 138:700-703, 1978)
SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinte.1978.03630290020011
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinte.1978.03630290020011
ER  -