Unaffordable drug prices: The major cause of non-compliance with hypertension medication in Ghana

Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 350-352

  Buabeng, Kwame Ohene ^a   Matowe, Lloyd ^b   Plange Rhule, Jacob ^c  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATENOLOL; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; BRISERIN; CARVEDILOL; FELODIPINE; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; LISINOPRIL; METHYLDOPA; NIFEDIPINE; RESERPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG COST; FEMALE; GHANA; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; STROKE; SUDDEN DEATH; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 27444439655     PISSN: 14821826     EISSN: 14821826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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