Table IV.

Factors Related to Antihypertensive Prescribing Reported as “Very/Extremely Important” to Provider, Provider Perception of Importance to Patient, and Patient Opinion

	Provider Opinion (N=145)	Provider Perception of Importance to Patient (N=145)	Patient Opinion (N=189)	P (Provider vs Patient)	P (Provider Perception vs Patient)
Cost of medication to patient, %	51.2	75.7	64.6	.01	.03
Cost of medication to Veterans Administration, %	16.8	9.7	61.9	<.01	<.01
Adverse effects, %	70.8	81.2	84.1	<.01	.47
Preventing stroke or heart attack, %	95.7	62.3	95.2	.87	<.01
National guidelines recommending a medication, %	70.8	21.7	67.7	.55	<.01