Another reminder that undertreated high blood pressure has real consequences. A physician bonus tied to blood pressure targets led to fewer medication increases for patients with borderline hypertension, and those patients then experienced more heart attacks and strokes.
Julian Reif
New diff-in-diff paper in @jamainternalmed.com. We document some unintended consequences of a hypertension control quality metric and financial incentive -- one that's widely used in US healthcare. In the overall population with hypertension there were almost no impacts, but..
Claire Boone
A financial incentive for hypertension control increased guideline-adherent blood pressure remeasurement but did not improve overall control or health outcomes, highlighting potential unintended harms among patients with borderline hypertension.
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