title: Patient factors associated with documented provision of JNC 7-recommended hypertension care at an academic family medicine office.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Little is known about patient factors associated with the provision of hypertension care as recommended by JNC 7.
  
  
  METHODS
  We conducted a retrospective chart review (n = 150) to compare documented provision of items recommended by JNC 7 with various patient factors, using a 15-point scoring tool (0% to 100%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall documentation of JNC guideline-recommended care was 78.3%. There was a significant effect of marital status; married patients received more guideline-recommended care than unmarried patients (80.4% vs 74.4%; P = .02). Men received more guideline-recommended care than women (80.7% vs 76.4%; P = .02). Multivariate analysis revealed that Medicaid patients had 7.1% lower rates of guideline-recommended care than patients with other insurance (P = .05). There was no significant difference in guideline-recommended care based on race/ethnicity; however, racial/ethnic disparities were identified for certain individual standards.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hypertension care in 2013 at an academic family medicine center was, for the most part, in agreement with guidelines; however, provision of some items varied based on sex, marital status, and insurance. Awareness of these predictors may help improve the implementation of guidelines, particularly relevant given the recent release of JNC 8.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa.
authors.forename: Ajay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koti
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Family Medicine, University of South Florida, Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa. rroetzhe@health.usf.edu.
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Roetzheim
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000368:Aged; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000628:therapy*; D019458:Insurance Coverage; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors
keywords: Evidence-Based Medicine; Guideline Adherence; Hypertension