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

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 patients with hy...

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Published in:	BMC health services research Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 373 - 8
Main Authors:	Akunne, Onyinye Onyeka, Adedapo, Aduragbenro Deborah A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BioMed Central Ltd 13-06-2019 BioMed Central BMC
Subjects:	Adult Age Aged Aged, 80 and over Antihypertensive agents Antihypertensive Agents - economics Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Antihypertensives Black People Blood pressure Clinical outcomes Clinical trials Combination drug therapy Comorbidity Cost Cost-Benefit Analysis Daily defined doses Death Demographic aspects Diuretics Dosage and administration Drug dosages Drug Prescriptions - economics Drug Prescriptions - statistics & numerical data Drug therapy Drugs Enzymes Evaluation Expenditures Female Generic drugs Health care costs Health services Health Surveys Heart failure High blood pressure Humans Hypertension Hypertension - drug therapy Hypertension - economics Hypertension - mortality Male Medical research Middle Aged Mortality Nigeria Nigeria - epidemiology Patient compliance Patients Pharmacists Polypharmacy Potassium Prescription drugs Prescription pattern Prescription writing Prices and rates Quality Sociodemographics Variables Nigeria United States > US Prescription pattern High blood pressure Nigeria Cost Daily defined doses
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