Effect of health insurance and facility quality improvement on blood pressure in adults with hypertension in nigeria a population-based study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 555-563

  Hendriks, Marleen E ^a   Wit, Ferdinand W N M ^a   Akande, Tanimola M ^b   Kramer, Berber ^c,d   Osagbemi, Gordon K ^b   Tanovic, Zlata ^d   Gustafsson Wright, Emily ^d,e   Brewster, Lizzy M ^a   Lange, Joep M A ^a   Schultsz, Constance ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; NIGERIA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84898477535     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.14458     Document Type: Article

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