Time to review policy on screening for, and managing, hypertension in South Africa: Evidence from primary care

BACKGROUND: Current policy in South Africa requires measurement of blood pressure at every visit in primary care. The number of patients regularly visiting primary care clinics for routine care is increasing rapidly, causing long queues, and unmanageable workloads. METHODS: We used data collected du...

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Autores principales: Thorogood, Margaret, Goudge, Jane, Kabudula, Chodziwadziwa Whiteson, Limbani, Felix, Roseleur, Jacqueline, Gómez-Olivé, Francesc Xavier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6328155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30629585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208983

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6328155/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30629585
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208983

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