Process of Care and Prescribing Practices for Hypertension in Public and Private Primary Care Clinics in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Tong, S.F., Khoo, Ee Ming, Nordin, S., Teng, C.L., Lee, V.K.M., Zailinawati, A.H., Chen, W.S., Mimi, O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine; RA Public aspects of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10085/1/Tong-2012-Process_of_Care_and.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10085/; http://aph.sagepub.com/content/24/5/764.full.pdf; http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1010539511402190

This study aimed to compare the process of care and the choice of antihypertensive medications used in both public and private primary care clinics in Malaysia. A cross-sectional survey was completed in 2008 on randomly selected 100 public health clinics and 114 private primary care clinics in Malay...