title: Poor hypertension control: let's stop blaming the patients.
abstract: Physician behavior--not patient noncompliance--is the major cause of poor hypertension control in the United States, many studies show. Hypertension control is unlikely to improve unless physicians become more aggressive in treating mildly elevated systolic blood pressure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex, USA. dhyman@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Hyman
authors.forename: Valory N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Pavlik
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000208:ethnology; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011320:Primary Health Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016312:Treatment Refusal
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents