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In 1977, a survey of 6,679 randomly selected practicing physicians in the United states was conducted to determine their reported diagnostic and treatment practices of hypertension(1) . Ten years later comparative survey was conducted among 7,668 physicians to assess changes in physician practice and to evaluate the impact of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program on changing physicians behaviors. The survey response rates for the 1977 and 1987 study were 66 and 59 percent respectively. The entire study will be published in 1989 as a United States Government, National Institutes of Health report. Herein are preliminary findings of the study.
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Diagnosis and Management of Hypertension, A Nationwide Survey of Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitutes, and Reported Behavior, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, NIH Publication No. 79–1056
The 1984 Joint National Committee Report on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure, Archives of Internal Medicine, 148 (5): 1023–1038, May 1988
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Rocella, E.J. (1990). Comparisons of 1977 and 1987 Physicians’ Knowledge Survey — Implications on Cost and Hypertension Management. In: Laaser, U., Roccella, E.J., Rosenfeld, J.B., Wenzel, H. (eds) Costs and Benefits in Health Care and Prevention. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75781-5_7
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