Preparedness of Tanzanian health facilities for outpatient primary care of hypertension and diabetes: A cross-sectional survey

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Peck, Robert ^a,b,c   Mghamba, Janneth ^d   Vanobberghen, Fiona ^a,e   Kavishe, Bazil ^a   Rugarabamu, Vivian ^a   Smeeth, Liam ^e   Hayes, Richard ^e   Grosskurth, Heiner ^e   Kapiga, Saidi ^a,e  

^a National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

^b WEILL BUGANDO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Tanzania)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE   (Tanzania)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; METFORMIN; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPHYGMOMANOMETER; STAFF NURSE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TANZANIA; AMBULATORY CARE; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

AMBULATORY CARE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84899620656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70033-6     Document Type: Article

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