Low utilization of health care services following screening for hypertension in Dar es Salaam (Tanzania): A prospective population-based study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bovet, Pascal ^a   Gervasoni, Jean Pierre ^a   Mkamba, Mashombo ^b   Balampama, Marianna ^b   Lengeler, Christian ^c   Paccaud, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Temeke Municipal Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; ATENOLOL; BENDROFLUMETHIAZIDE; CAPTOPRIL;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; POVERTY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TANZANIA;

EID: 65249179418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-407     Document Type: Article

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