An Economic Evaluation of the JNC Hypertension Guidelines Using Data From a Randomized Controlled Trial

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1 March 1999

journal article
research article
Published by American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) in The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Vol. 12 (2) , 105-114
https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.12.2.105

Abstract

Background: We wanted to determine the clinical cost of managing hypertension when following the Joint National Committee on Hypertension (JNC) guidelines, including drug therapy, the cost of monitoring for and treating side effects, compliance, and the cost of switching after therapeutic failures.

Keywords

SIDE EFFECTS
THERAPEUTIC FAILURES
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
JNC
MANAGING HYPERTENSION
CLINICAL COST
TREATING SIDE
GUIDELINES USING

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