Cost-effectiveness of community-based strategies for blood pressure control in a low-income developing country: findings from a cluster-randomized, factorial-controlled trial.

Jafar, Tazeen H; Islam, Muhammad; Bux, Rasool; Poulter, Neil; Hatcher, Juanita; Chaturvedi, Nish; Ebrahim, Shah; Cosgrove, Peter

Jafar, Tazeen H; Islam, Muhammad; Bux, Rasool; Poulter, Neil; Hatcher, Juanita; Chaturvedi, Nish; Ebrahim, Shah; Cosgrove, Peter.

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Jafar TH; Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Stadium Rd, Karachi, Pakistan. tazeen.jafar@aku.edu

Circulation ; 124(15): 1615-25, 2011 Oct 11.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21931077

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Cost-Benefit Analysis; Developing Countries; General Practitioners/economics; Health Care Costs; Health Education/economics; Hypertension/therapy; Income; Adult; Aged; Bayes Theorem; Blood Pressure; Cardiovascular Diseases/physiopathology; Community Health Workers/economics; Community Medicine/methods; Confidence Intervals; Disabled Persons; Education, Medical; Female; General Practitioners/education; Health Resources/economics; Health Resources/statistics & numerical data; Humans; Hypertension/physiopathology; Male; Middle Aged; Pakistan; Quality-Adjusted Life Years; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Health Education / Health Care Costs / Cost-Benefit Analysis / Developing Countries / General Practitioners / Hypertension / Income Type of study: Clinical_trials / Diagnostic_studies / Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies Aspects: Determinantes_sociais_saude / Patient_preference Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: En Journal: Circulation Year: 2011 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Pakistan Country of publication: United States

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