The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #35812

Sydney Morss Dy, MD, MSc¹, J Hunter Young, MD, MPH², and Michael J. Klag, MD, MPH¹. (1) Division of General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St., 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205, 4109558131, smorss@jhmi.edu, (2) General Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 1830 E. Monument St., 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21205

Learning Objectives:

• Describe characteristics of patients admitted to the hospital with severe, uncontrolled hypertension.
• Identify important barriers to care experienced in this population.
• Understand what factors might improve the health of this population.

Keywords: Access to Health Care, Hypertension

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.