Cost-effectiveness of anti-hypertensive medications in a regional hospital in rural Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, Ngow, Harris Abdullah, O, Marzuki, A.M., Puteri Melor, Ab Rahman, Jamalludin, Mohamed, Sahimi, Satwi, Sapari, S, Noorfaizan, Maskon, Oteh
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer 2008
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/5248/1/J_Hypertens_Abstracts%5B1%5D.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/5248/; http://journals.lww.com/jhypertension/pages/default.aspx

Objectives: Hypertension is one of the most important risk factors for Cardiovascular Disease in Malaysia. Population-based hypertension control is extremely poor at only 6% based on the 1996 National Health and Morbidity Survey. One of the possible reasons include the availability and cost of an...