Results of a hypertension and diabetes treatment program in the slums of Nairobi: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Werner, Marie E ^a   Van De Vijver, Steven ^b,c,d   Adhiambo, Mildred ^b   Egondi, Thaddaeus ^b   Oti, Samuel O ^b,c,d   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Community based; Diabetes; Hypertension; Kenya; Slum; Sub Saharan Africa; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946963022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-015-1167-7     Document Type: Article

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