Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data

Attaei, Marjan; Khatib, Rasha; McKee, Martin; Lear, Scott; Dagenais, Gilles; Igumbor, Ehimario; AlHabib, Khalid; Kaur, Manmeet; Kruger, Lanthe; Teo, Koon; Lanas, Fernando; Yusoff, Khalid; OĞUZ, AYTEKİN; Gupta, Rajeev; Yusufali, Afzalhussein; Bahonar, Ahmad; Kutty, Raman; Rosengren, Annika; Mohan, Viswanathan; Avezum, Alvaro; Yusuf, Rita; Szuba, Andrzej; Rangarajan, Sumathy; Chow, Clara; Yusuf, HASAN

doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(17)30141-x

Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of the PURE study data

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Attaei M. W., Khatib R., McKee M., Lear S., Dagenais G., Igumbor E. U., ...Daha Fazla

LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH, cilt.2, sa.9, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 2 Sayı: 9
Basım Tarihi: 2017
Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s2468-2667(17)30141-x
Dergi Adı: LANCET PUBLIC HEALTH
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background Hypertension is considered the most important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, but its control is poor worldwide. We aimed to assess the availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines, and the association with use of these medicines and blood pressure control in countries at varying levels of economic development.