Costs of hospital care for hypertension in an insured population without an outpatient medicines benefit: an observational study in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Laviña Sheila (Author), Graves Amy J (Author), Valera Madeleine (Author), Wagner Anita K (Author), Ross-Degnan Dennis (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2008-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Hypertension is the number one attributable risk factor for death throughout the world and a major contributor to morbidity, mortality, and increasing health care expenditures in the Philippines. Lack of access to outpatient antihype...