Understanding the modifiable health systems barriers to hypertension management in Malaysia: A multi-method health systems appraisal approach

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Risso Gill, Isabelle ^a   Balabanova, Dina ^a   Majid, Fadhlina ^b   Ng, Kien Keat ^c   Yusoff, Khalid ^b,d   Mustapha, Feisul ^b   Kuhlbrandt, Charlotte ^a   Nieuwlaat, Robby ^e   Schwalm, J D ^e   McCready, Tara ^e   Teo, Koon K ^e   Yusuf, Salim ^e   McKee, Martin ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UCSI UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^e MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL ASSISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84934280355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-0916-y     Document Type: Article

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