"This document was submitted as a dissertation in September 2005 in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the doctoral degree in public policy analysis at the Pardee RAND Graduate Schol."

Chapter 1, Introduction and specific aims -- Chapter 2, Background and significance -- Chapter 3, Data and methods -- Chapter 4, Initiation of antihypertensive therapy -- Chapter 5, Adherence to antihypersensitive therapy -- Chapter 6, Conclusions and policy implications -- Appendix -- References.