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January 1, 1976The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly Health and Society

Hypertension Control among Employed Persons in New York City: 1973-75

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Population

8,579 employed persons in New York City, including 1,440 identified hypertensives

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MAMichael H. AldermanPreventive CardiologyESEllie E. SchoenbaumAlbert Einstein College of Medicine

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Implication

Suboptimal control despite high awareness and treatment; leaves open effective long-term management strategies in working populations.

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Population
8,579 employed persons in New York City, including 1,440 identified hypertensives
O
Outcome
Hypertension awareness, treatment, and control rates

Despite high rates of hypertension awareness and treatment among employed persons in NYC, control rates remained poor, highlighting the need for effective long-term patient management programs.

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Alderman et al. (1976) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69fc04c93a0f4cc134c8ed60https://doi.org/10.2307/3349604

Topics

Hypertension management
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