Full Title:Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies: Volume 3Hypertension Care

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

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Rockville, MD 20850

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Contract No. 290-02-0017

Prepared by:

Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center

Series Editors

Kaveh G. Shojania, M.D.

Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M.

Robert M. Wachter, M.D.

Douglas K. Owens, M.D., M.S.

Managing Editor

Amy J. Markowitz, J.D.

Investigators

Judith Walsh, M.D.

Vandana Sundaram, M.P.H.

Smita Nayak, M.D.

Sheryl Davies, M.A.

Robyn Lewis, M.A.

Jody Mechanic, R.N.

Christopher Sharp, M.D.

Melinda Henne, M.D.

Bimal Shah, M.D.

Jo Kay Chan, B.S.

Mary Kane Goldstein, M.D.

AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-3

January 2005

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Suggested Citation:

Walsh J, McDonald KM, Shojania KG, Sundaram V, Nayak S, Davies S, Lewis R, Mechanic J, Sharp C, Henne M, Shah B, Chan JK, Owens DK, Goldstein MK. Hypertension Care. Vol. 3 of: Shojania KG, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Owens DK, editors. Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies. Technical Review 9. (Prepared by the Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center, under Contract No. 290-02-0017). AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-3. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. January 2005.

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