Wealth and cardiovascular health: A cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries
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Date
2016
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BMC
Abstract
: Effective policies to control hypertension require an understanding of its distribution in the population
and the barriers people face along the pathway from detection through to treatment and control. One key factor is
household wealth, which may enable or limit a household’s ability to access health care services and adequately
control such a chronic condition. This study aims to describe the scale and patterns of wealth-related inequalities in
the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in 21 countries using baseline data from the Prospective Urban
and Rural Epidemiology study.A cross-section of 163,397 adults aged 35 to 70 years were recruited from 661 urban and rural
communities in selected low-, middle- and high-income countries (complete data for this analysis from 151,619
participants). Using blood pressure measurements, self-reported health and household data, concentration indices
adjusted for age, sex and urban-rural location, we estimate the magnitude of wealth-related inequalities in the
levels of hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in each of the 21 country samples.
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Global health, Hypertension, Socioeconomic factors, Healthcare disparities, Low-income countries
Citation
Palafox, B., J.et al. (2016). Wealth and cardiovascular health: A cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries. International Journal for Equity in Health, 15(1), 15–17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-016-0478-6