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Antihypertensive prescription among black patients without compelling indications: prescription, effectiveness, quality and cost of medication

BACKGROUND: Hypertension remains one of the leading causes of death in Nigeria. Appropriate and cost-effective treatment of the disease is necessary to reduce mortality. This study evaluates (i) the prescription patterns and quality (ii) blood pressure control and (iii) cost of medication among pati...

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Autores principales: Akunne, Onyinye Onyeka, Adedapo, Aduragbenro Deborah A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31196079
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4202-2