Journal article
Wealth and cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries
Abstract
BackgroundEffective policies to control hypertension require an understanding of its distribution in the population and the barriers people face along the pathway from detection through to treatment and control. One key factor is household wealth, which may enable or limit a household’s ability to access health care services and adequately control such a chronic condition. This study aims to describe the scale and patterns of wealth-related …
Authors
Palafox B; McKee M; Balabanova D; AlHabib KF; Avezum AJ; Bahonar A; Ismail N; Chifamba J; Chow CK; Corsi DJ
Journal
International Journal for Equity in Health, Vol. 15, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1186/s12939-016-0478-6
ISSN
1475-9276