title: The cost-effectiveness of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring.
abstract: Some people's blood pressure is elevated simply by being in a clinical environment. Twenty-four hour monitoring gives a more accurate average blood pressure reading. The initial costs of ABPM are recouped in less than two years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, London.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aitken
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Addison
mesh_terms: D018660:Blood Pressure Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015924:Blood Pressure Monitors / Q000191:economics*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors