Can non-physician health-care workers assess and manage cardiovascular risk in primary care?

• Main Authors: Dele O Abegunde (Author), Bakuti Shengelia (Author), Anne Luyten (Author), Alexandra Cameron (Author), Francesca Celletti (Author), Sania Nishtar (Author), Vasu Pandurangi (Author), Shanthi Mendis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To ascertain the reliability of applying the WHO Cardiovascular Risk Management Package by non-physician health-care workers (NPHWs) in typical primary health-care settings. METHODS: Based on an a priori 80% agreement level between the NPHWs and the "expert" physicians (gold sta...