General practitioners frequently rely on individual judgment rather than strict blood pressure criteria when diagnosing hypertension, leading to significant practice variation.
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GP hypertension diagnoses vary widely with low strict-criteria adherence; leaves open whether standardized protocols improve diagnostic accuracy or outcomes.
Smith et al. (1990) studied this question.
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