Reaction to ilesanmi OS et al. the managed hypertensive: The costs of blood pressure control in a Nigerian town

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ukwaja, Kingsley Nnanna ^a   Onyedum, Cajetan C ^b  

^a FEDERAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Cost burden; Financial; Hypertensive; Nigeria; Patient; Treatment

Indexed keywords

METHYLDOPA;

BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; COST CONTROL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MONOTHERAPY; NIGERIA; NOTE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 84876498302     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.14.85.2048     Document Type: Note

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