[Diagnosis and treatment of high blood pressure. How to invest?].
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for development of cardiovascular diseases. During 1992 and 1993, several national consensus reports about treatment of arterial hypertension have been published. There are discrepancies between the recommendations contained in the reports, which has caused uncertainty among physicians. We discuss the basic problems connected to evaluation and recommendation, and the demand for standardization and organization of the health service programme for patients with high blood pressure. It is possible to learn from, and thereby achieve better quality of medical practice, through a continuous registration of our routines and results. The Trondheim model is designed to depict specific information from the primary health services in a follow-up programme. This information is sampled in a data base from which primary physicians can obtain feedback on statistical evaluations twice a year. This is defined as a quality assurance programme to secure and improve the quality of the medical service to patients with high blood pressure.
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Medisinsk avdeling, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim.
Dahl
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Aasarød
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Jørstad
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Indredavik
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Sletvold
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D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D009664:Norway; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012041:Regional Medical Programs; D012307:Risk Factors
Diagnostikk og behandling av høyt blodtrykk. Hvordan investere?