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A T the present time, physicians in private practice are largely responsible for the delivery of health care in North America. Most surveys in the past have shown that these practitioners have been successful in getting no more than 30% of the total hypertensive population under good blood pressure (BP) control.1 " 3 The main reasons documented for this poor rate of success are low detection rates, high treatment dropout, and low compliance with medication. 4 An additional problem found in the studies is the lack of therapeutic vigor in the application of antihypertensive therapy by many physicians.