American Heart Journal
Volume 160, Issue 2 , Pages 257-263 , August 2010

Economic analysis of a tailored behavioral intervention to improve blood pressure control for primary care patients

  • Santanu K. Datta, PhD, MBA

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Santanu K. Datta, PhD, MBA, Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center (152), 508 Fulton St, Durham, NC 27705.
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  • Eugene Z. Oddone, MD, MHS

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Maren K. Olsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Melinda Orr, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Felicia McCant, MSW

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Pam Gentry, RN

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • ,
  • Hayden B. Bosworth, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care, Durham VAMC, Durham, NC
    • Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC

Received 3 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 May 2010.

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PII: S0002-8703(10)00430-8

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.05.024

American Heart Journal
Volume 160, Issue 2 , Pages 257-263 , August 2010

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