Task sharing with non-physician health-care workers for management of blood pressure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: T N Anand, MPH (Author), Linju Maria Joseph, MSc (Author), A V Geetha, MSc (Author), Dorairaj Prabhakaran, ProfMD (Author), Panniyammakal Jeemon, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Task sharing for the management of hypertension could be useful for understaffed and resource-poor health systems. We assessed the effectiveness of task-sharing interventions in improving blood pressure control among adults in low-income and middle-income countries. Methods: We...