The American journal of managed care
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of a patient activation intervention on hypertension medication optimization: results from a randomized clinical trial.
To examine the effect of a patient activation intervention with financial incentives to promote switching to a thiazide in patients with controlled hypertension using calcium channel blockers (CCBs). ⋯ This low-cost, low-intensity patient activation intervention resulted in increased rates of switching to a thiazide in those whose hypertension was controlled using another medication, suggesting that such interventions may be used to overcome medication optimization challenges, including clinical inertia.