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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Med Care. 2012 May;50(5):399–405. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e318245a147
Criterion Description
Blood pressure control Patients were classified as having controlled blood pressure if:
  • Blood pressure was <140/90 mm Hg at ≥50% of non- acute visits over the past year; or

  • Blood pressure was <140/90 mm Hg at the most recent non-acute visit

    Patients not meeting these criteria were considered to have uncontrolled blood pressure.