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Characteristics of Inpatient Hypertension Cases and Factors Associated with Admission Outcomes in Ashanti Region, Ghana: An Analytic Cross-Sectional Study

BACKGROUND: Hypertension remains a cause of morbidity and mortality in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. It has been featured in the top ten causes of OPD attendance, admissions, and deaths since 2012. We investigated the sociodemographic characteristics and spatial distribution of inpatient hypertensive...

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Autores principales:	Nuamah, Kenneth, Affran Bonful, Harriet, Danso Yeboah, Joseph, Antwi Amankwaah, Ebenezer, Boakye, Daniel, Kwame Owusu, Samuel, Aduako Owusu, Adwoa, Amponsah, Freddie, Adomako-Boateng, Fred, Nang-Beifubah, Alexis, Gyapong, Margaret, Ofosu, Anthony, Garshong, Bertha, Ansah, Evelyn K.
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Hindawi 2017
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735693/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29359040 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6537956

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