Improving Hypertension Outcome Measurement in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

• Main Authors: Zack, Rachel, Okunade, Oluwakemi, Olson, Elizabeth, Salt, Matthew, Amodeo, Celso, Anchala, Raghupathy, Berwanger, Otavio, Campbell, Norm, Chia, Yook Chin, Damasceno, Albertino, Phuong Do, Thi Nam, Tamdja Dzudie, Anastase, Fiuza, Manuela, Mirza, Fareed, Nitsch, Dorothea, Ogedegbe, Gbenga, Podpalov, Vladislav, Schiffrin, Ernesto L., Vaz Carneiro, António, Lamptey, Peter
• Format: Article
• Published: American Heart Association 2019
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/22942/; https://doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.118.11916

High blood pressure is the leading modifiable risk factor for mortality, accounting for nearly 1 in 5 deaths worldwide and 1 in 11 in low-income countries. Hypertension control remains a challenge, especially in low-resource settings. One approach to improvement is the prioritization of patient-cent...