Chile’s public healthcare sector hypertension control rates before and during the pandemic and HEARTS implementation
Hypertension (arterial blood pressure ≥ 140/90 mmHg) is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, with the greatest burden of attributable deaths in Chile, having a national prevalence of 27.6%. In 2018, the implementation of HEARTS begun in primary health care centers of the Public Health System,...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2022-09-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/56268 |