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New Publication Features Cost-effectiveness Evidence for Team-based Care to Improve Blood Pressure Control
The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) finds team-based care interventions to improve blood pressure control are cost-effective. Findings from a systematic review of economic evidence are detailed in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, available online from The Community Guide.
Jacob V, Reynolds JA, Chattopadhyay SK, et al. Economics of team-based care for blood pressure control: updated Community Guide systematic review. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2023;65(4):735-54.
CPSTF recommends team-based care to improve patients’ blood pressure.
Why is this important?High blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease and stroke, two leading causes of death for Americans.1
Nearly half of U.S. adults have high blood pressure, and only about 1 in 4 (26.1%) have it under control.2
Intervention Summary—read a summary of the evidence review and CPSTF finding
News and Announcement—include this story in your newsletter, or share the link with colleagues
One Pager: Team-Based Care to Improve Blood Pressure Control—use this one-pager as a quick reference.
Implementation ResourcesImplementation Resource: Team-Based Care to Improve Blood Pressure Control
Best Practices for Heart Disease and Stroke: A Guide to Effective Approaches and Strategies
Advancing Team-Based Care Through Collaborative Practice Agreements: A Resource and Implementation Guide for Adding Pharmacists to the Care Team
Hypertension Management Program (HMP) Toolkit
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The Guide to Community Preventive Services (The Community Guide) is a website that is a collection of all the evidence-based findings and recommendations of the Community Preventive Services Task Force.
References
1 Kochanek KD, Murphy SL, Xu J, Arias E. Deaths: Final Data for 2017. National Vital Statistics Reports, 2019;68(9):1-77. Hyattsville (MD): National Center for Health Statistics.
2 CDC. Hypertension Cascade: Hypertension Prevalence, Treatment and Control Estimates Among US Adults Aged 18 Years and Older Applying the Criteria From the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association’s 2017 Hypertension Guideline—NHANES 2015–2018. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2021. https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/data-reports/hypertension-prevalence.html
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