Screening for hypertension: a rational approach.
A strategy for the control of hypertension in communities is presented as a staged program. Stage I consists of the evaluation and improvement of hypertension management in health care facilities. Stage II entails case-finding in health care facilities. Finally, Stage III involves targeted screening in the community. While isolated screening programs have been justly labeled "irrational", such a sequential strategy represents a highly rational approach to the community control of hypertension.
D003153:Community Health Services; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008403:Mass Screening; D009313:National Health Programs; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D014481:United States