Figure 1.

Most important* reasons why primary care doctors do not intensify medications for uncontrolled hypertension according to 2 NGT panels. *“Three Most important” was determined as follows. The Panel first generated the list in the Table, then each Panelist was asked to select their 3 most important reasons from this list: 3 = most important; 2 = second most important; 1 = third most important. Ratings for each reason were summed to arrive at a score reflecting the Panel’s most important reasons. Note that items from the Table not rated among the top 3 for any panelist received no score. Panel 1, with 7 members, had 42 available votes, and Panel 2, with 6 members, had 36. Psych=Psychological; OTC=Over-the-counter. See also text.