Therapeutic inertia
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Therapeutic inertia is a measurement of the resistance to therapeutic treatment for an existing medical condition. It is commonly measured as percentage of the number of encounters in which a patient with a condition received new or increased therapeutic treatment out of the total number of visits in which a patient had a condition. A high percentage indicates that the health care provider is slow to treat a medical condition. A low percentage indicates that a provider is extremely quick in prescribing new treatment at the onset of any medical condition.
References
- Eni C. Okonofua; Kit N. Simpson; Ammar Jesri; Shakaib U. Rehman; Valerie L. Durkalski; Brent M. Egan (January 23, 2006). "Therapeutic Inertia Is an Impediment to Achieving the Healthy People 2010 Blood Pressure Control Goals". Hypertension (2006;47:345). Retrieved 2009-11-22.
- Linda Brookes (2006). "Therapeutic Inertia in Large Part to Blame for Failure of Blood Pressure Control". Medscape Today. Retrieved 2009-11-22.
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