Widespread use of low efficacy antihypertensive regimens for the initial treatment of hypertension among older US adults
Most antihypertensive regimens initiated among US Medicare beneficiaries were low efficacy monotherapy. Initiating more effective antihypertensive therapy has the potential to improve BP control in the US.
Authors
- Anthony Rodgers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1282-1896)
- Chen Ligong
- Nelson Wang
- Paul Muntner
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- New South Wales Department of Health (AU)
- Harvard University (US)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- University of Alabama at Birmingham (US)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Diagnostics for the Real World (United States) (US)
- George Institute for Global Health (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Hypertension
- Published
- 2026-01-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpag003
- Primary Topic
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00