Hypertension education and adherence in South Africa: A cost-effectiveness analysis of community health workers

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gaziano, Thomas A ^a,b,c   Bertram, Melanie ^d,e   Tollman, Stephen M ^d,e,f,g   Hofman, Karen J ^d,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g Studies of the Epidemiology of Epilepsy in Demographic Surveillance Systems   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Cost effectiveness; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84897980542     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-240     Document Type: Article

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