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Blood pressure measurements at emergency department visits by adults: United States, 2007-2008.
Authors: Niska RW
Abstract
This brief shows that elevated BP readings are much more common at visits to the ED than at visits to outpatient primary care providers. Compared with the 27.0% prevalence found at visits to primary care providers, the combined visit prevalence of severely and moderately elevated BP in EDs is about 43.5%. Disproportionately affected subgroups include patients who are older, male, non-Hispanic black, Medicare beneficiaries, or uninsured.One reason that elevated BP may be observed more frequently in the ED than at visits to primary care providers is that adults in less than optimal general ...
Source: NCHS data brief - November 12, 2014 Category: American Health Tags: NCHS Data Brief Source Type: research
