Chile's public healthcare sector hypertension control rates before and during the pandemic and HEARTS implementation

• Main Authors: Francisca Barake (Author), Mélanie Paccot (Author), Marcela Rivera (Author), Carolina Neira (Author), Viviana Reyes (Author), María Cristina Escobar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Pan American Health Organization, 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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,...