Evidence insufficient to confirm the value of population screening for diabetes and hypertension in low- and middle-income settings

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 98-102

  Durão, Solange ^a   Ajumobi, Oluwayemisi ^b   Kredo, Tamara ^c   Naude, Celeste ^d   Levitt, Naomi S ^e,f   Steyn, Krisela ^e   Bradshaw, Debbie ^a   Young, Taryn ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c South African Cochrane Centre   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH INCOME GROUP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MASS SCREENING; MDDLE INCOME GROUP; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ECONOMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84928255072     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: 20785135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.8819     Document Type: Article

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