Cost-effectiveness of a worksite hypertension treatment program

Hypertension

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 211-218

  Logan, Alexander G ^a,b   Milne, Barbara J ^a,b   Achber, Christine ^a,b   Campbell, Wendy P ^a,b   Brian Haynes, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allied health personnel; Ambulatory care; Cost benefit analysis; Delivery of health care; Hypertension; Industrial medicine; Occupational health services; Patient acceptance of health care

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHORT SURVEY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; STATISTICS;

EID: 0019831527     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.3.2.211     Document Type: Article

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